Frozen elephant trunk technique and partial remodeling for acute type A aortic dissection

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1066-1071

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

^a HIROSHIMA CITY ASA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Kajikawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute type a aortic dissection; Frozen elephant trunk; Partial remodeling; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FROZEN ELEPHANT TRUNK TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053972948     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.02.074     Document Type: Article

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