Six-year experience with a hybrid stent graft prosthesis for extensive thoracic aortic disease: an interim balance | Zendy

Heinz Jakob | Zendy; DanielSebastian Dohle | Zendy; J. Piotrowski | Zendy; Jaroslav Benedı́k | Zendy; Matthias Thielmann | Zendy; G Marggraf | Zendy; R Erbel | Zendy; K. Tsagakis | Zendy

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Six-year experience with a hybrid stent graft prosthesis for extensive thoracic aortic disease: an interim balance

Author(s) -

Heinz Jakob,

DanielSebastian Dohle,

J. Piotrowski,

Jaroslav Benedı́k,

Matthias Thielmann,

G Marggraf,

R Erbel,

K. Tsagakis

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1093/ejcts/ezs201

Subject(s) - interim , prosthesis , medicine , stent , balance (ability) , cardiology , surgery , physical therapy , political science , law

To avoid a two-stage surgical approach for complex thoracic aortic disease with its additive mortality and morbidity, a hybrid stent graft prosthesis was introduced 6 years ago for simultaneous treatment of the ascending, arch and descending aortas, relying proximally on a surgical suture line with an integrated distal stent graft for downstream splinting. We report the mid-term single-centre experience.

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