Open AccessModification of Frozen Elephant Trunk Technique for Acute Type-A Aortic Dissection - A Case Report
Author(s) -
Soumya Gupta,
PK Chanda,
Adhikary Dk
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
university heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1998-927X
pISSN - 1998-9261
DOI - 10.3329/uhj.v18i1.57884
Subject(s) - elephant trunks , medicine , aortic dissection , surgery , marfan syndrome , trunk , dissection (medical) , gold standard (test) , emergency department , bentall procedure , mortality rate , aorta , ecology , psychiatry , biology
Acute type-A aortic dissection (ATAAD) is a dreadfully fatal cardiovascular emergency. The mortality rate among medically treated patients is 50% within two days. Surgery is the gold standard and urgent surgical treatment is indicated for all patients, except for those who are moribund or severely comorbid. However, early mortality after operation remains high (9–25%). We hereby present a case of 22 years young, male, Marfan patient with a family history of ATAAD treated successfully by us at Square Hospital Ltd by modified Bentall’s procedure with total arch replacement with Frozen Elephant Trunk (FET) technique.
University Heart Journal 2022; 18(1): 65-70