Optimization of Aortic Arch Replacement: Two-Stage Approach Hazim J. Safi, MD, Charles C. Miller, PhD, Anthony L. Estrera, MD, Martin A. Villa, MD, Jennifer S. Goodrick, RN, Eyal Porat, MD, Ali Azizzadeh, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 83, Issue 2, Pages S815-S818 (February 2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.11.014 Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Flow chart shows staging and disposition of patients who underwent the first-stage elephant trunk procedure. Definitions: prophylactic refers to repair of descending or thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms of less than 5 cm diameter; technical repair is one that did not involve an aneurysm, but the elephant trunk was performed for technical reasons; atheromatous refers to a procedure that did not involve an aneurysm but was done because of severe atheromatous disease in the proximal descending thoracic aorta; interval mortality refers to death occurring in the period after the first stage elephant trunk, between 31 days and 6 weeks. (ET = elephant trunk, LTF = lost to follow-up.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007 83, S815-S818DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.11.014) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions