Elephant trunk procedure 27 years after Borst: What remains and what is new?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Ius, Fabio ^a,b   Hagl, Christian ^b   Haverich, Axel ^b   Pichlmaier, Maximilian ^b  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Aortic stents; Elephant trunk; Hybrid procedures; Thoracic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA PROSTHESIS; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA WALL; AORTIC ARCH DEBRANCHING; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASCENDING AORTA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DACRON VASCULAR PROSTHESIS; DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST; DESCENDING AORTA; ELEPHANT TRUNK PROCEDURE; ENDOLEAK; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN ELEPHANT TRUNK; HEART ARREST; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NECROSIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENT THROMBOSIS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VIABAHN OPEN REBRANCHING TECHNIQUE;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STENTS; STROKE;

EID: 79958007432     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.01.062     Document Type: Review

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