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Novel and Innovative Hybrid Technique for Type A Aortic Dissection
Published on: March 28, 2025
Total Arch Replacement Combined with Stented Elephant Trunk Implantation for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection in an
Zhifa Zheng1, Yuyuan Hu1, Xinmeng Cheng1
1Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030032, China. wangxuening_2004@sxmu.edu.cn.
Background:
The indications and outcome of surgery for Acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) in elderly patients are still debated, especially when they were above 80 years old. Case presentation: This report describes the case of an octogenarian patient with ATAAD who underwent total arch replacement (TAR) combined with stented elephant trunk (SET) implantation.
Conclusion:
Emergent surgery should be performed on the ATAAD octogenarians without serious preoperative complications. Acceptable outcomes could be received by total arch replacement combined with SET implantation.

