Impact of clinical factors and surgical techniques on early outcome of patients treated with frozen elephant trunk technique by using EVITA open stent-graft: results of a multicentre study.

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Abstract

The treatment of patients with extensive thoracic aortic disease involving the arch and descending aorta is often performed, using the frozen elephant trunk (FET) technique. We retrospectively analysed early outcomes with this technique, using a prospective database.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Eur J Cardiothorac Surg

Title: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)

ISSN (Electronic): 1873-734X

ISSN (Print): 1010-7940

Publication date (Electronic): Feb 2016

Volume: 49

Issue: 2

Affiliations

[1 ] Department of Cardiac Surgery, Leipzig Heart Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany sergey.leontyev@medizin.uni-leipzig.de.

[2 ] Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, West German Heart Centre Essen, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.

[3 ] Department of Cardiac Surgery, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.

[4 ] Department of Cardiac Surgery, Leipzig Heart Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.

[5 ] Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Hietzing, Vienna, Austria.

[6 ] Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

[7 ] Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Robert Bosch Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany.

[8 ] Tampere University Hospital Heart Center, Tampere, Finland.

[9 ] Szpital Wojewódzki N2, Oddział Kardiochirurgii, Rzeszów, Poland.

[10 ] Department of Cardio Vascular Surgery, Hospital Clinico, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Article

Publisher Item ID: ezv150

DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv150

PubMed ID: 25890937

SO-VID: 8e25f4c2-35fe-4b53-9297-944f4fad427c

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Keywords: Aortic arch surgery,Frozen elephant trunk,Risk factors

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Keywords: Aortic arch surgery, Frozen elephant trunk, Risk factors

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