Arterial cannulation in acute DeBakey type I dissection can be difficult. Moreover,
the residual dissected aorta is susceptible to further adverse events in the future.
Implanting a stent-graft into the descending aorta during the initial dissection repair
(‘frozen elephant trunk’) has been demonstrated to promote favourable aortic remodelling,
mitigating some of these longer-term complications. We describe a technique for cannulation
of the ascending aorta in acute dissection that facilitates expeditious antegrade
deployment of a frozen elephant trunk.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: September 15, 2017
Accepted:
August 11,
2017
Received in revised form:
August 7,
2017
Received:
June 23,
2017
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© 2017 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
