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The Stent Is Not to Blame: Lessons Learned With a Simplified US Version of the Frozen Elephant Trunk
Ourania Preventza, MD, Joseph S. Coselli, MD, Jessica Mayor, MD, Katherine Simpson, MS, Julius Carillo, MD, Matt D. Price, MS, Lorraine D. Cornwell, MD, Shuab Omer, MD, Kim I. de la Cruz, MD, Faisal G. Bakaeen, MD, Arin Jobe, MPH The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 104, Issue 5, Pages (November 2017) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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Fig 1 The skirt of the Dacron elephant trunk is trimmed.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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Fig 2 A soft glide wire is exchanged for a stiff Amplatz wire over a catheter. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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Fig 3 The endograft is advanced under direct vision inside the elephant trunk for the construction of the aortic arch in (A) the island configuration or (B) the Y or double-Y graft configuration. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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Fig 4 The endograft is visualized at the level of the distal aortic anastomosis. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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