Routine extended graft replacement for an acute type a aortic dissection and the patency of the residual false channel Takashi Hirotani, MD, Tsukasa Nakamichi, MD, Mamoru Munakata, MD, Shigeyuki Takeuchi, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 76, Issue 6, Pages 1957-1961 (December 2003) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01325-0
Fig 1 Schema for our surgical technique of the aortic arch repair for acute type A aortic dissection. See the text for the details. (GRF = gelatin-resorcin-formol glue [Cardial, Saint-Etienne, France].) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2003 76, 1957-1961DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01325-0)
Fig 2 Survival of patients who had acute aortic arch dissection and underwent simultaneous replacement of the ascending and transverse aorta with a prosthesis. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of patients at risk at each interval. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2003 76, 1957-1961DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01325-0)
Fig 3 Freedom from reoperation in patients who had acute aortic arch dissection and underwent simultaneous replacement of the ascending and transverse aorta with a prosthesis. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of patients at risk at each interval. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2003 76, 1957-1961DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01325-0)