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A modified frozen elephant trunk hybrid device to facilitate supra‐aortic trunk anastomosis

Author(s) -

Masiello Paolo,

Mastrogiovanni Generoso,

Chivasso Pierpaolo,

Triggiani Donato,

Cafarelli Francesco,

Iesu Severino

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of cardiac surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428

H-Index - 58

eISSN - 1540-8191

pISSN - 0886-0440

DOI - 10.1111/jocs.15208

Subject(s) - medicine , elephant trunks , sternum , anastomosis , anatomy , trunk , perfusion , aorta , surgery , aortic arch , radiology , ecology , biology

Reimplantation of the supra‐aortic vessels can be challenging with Thoraflex Hybrid. A device modification made the vessel lengths more appropriate and the position of the neo‐vessels in the chest avoided malpositioning and kinking and facilitated sternum closure; this may improve operating times as well as allowing complete and continuous cerebral trivascular perfusion and corrects positioning of the intrathoracic vessels.

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