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SUBMITTER: Kuroda Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8691576 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kuroda Yoshinori Y Uchida Tetsuro T Ohba Eiichi E Yamashita Atsushi A Nakai Shingo S Kobayashi Kimihiro K Ochiai Tomonori T Sadahiro Mitsuaki M
Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery 20210501 5
Total arch replacement using the frozen elephant trunk procedure is performed for true lumen expansion of the descending aorta in patients with type A acute aortic dissection. However, the remodelling effect of the frozen elephant trunk on the dissected descending aorta is unclear. We aimed to evaluate the effect of the frozen elephant trunk on postoperative descending aortic remodelling after surgery. Between December 2012 and January 2020, we retrospectively investigated 24 patients who underw ...[more]