Long-term results of the frozen elephant trunk technique for extended aortic arch disease

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1338-1345

  Uchida, Naomichi ^a   Katayama, Akira ^a   Tamura, Kentaro ^a   Sutoh, Miwa ^a   Kuraoka, Masatsugu ^a   Murao, Naoki ^a   Ishihara, Hiroshi ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA CITY ASA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Kajikawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection, Thoracic aneurysm; Elephant trunk; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AGED; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA ROOT; AORTIC ARCH SURGERY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BRAIN PERFUSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE INJURY; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952560314     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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