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CC BY 4.0 · Aorta (Stamford) 2017; 05(02): 61-63
DOI: 10.12945/j.aorta.2017.16.035
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Complete Shrinkage of the Obliterated False Lumen After Open and Endovascular Chronic Aortic Dissection Stanford Type A Repair

George Samanidis
1   Department of Cardiac Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece
,
Meletios Kanakis
1   Department of Cardiac Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece
,
Constantinos Ieromonachos
1   Department of Cardiac Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece
,
George Stavridis
1   Department of Cardiac Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece
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12 March 2017

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24 September 2018 (online)

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Abstract

A 48-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with chronic aortic dissection Stanford Type A. His diagnosis was confirmed by chest multi-detector computed tomography (CT). The patient underwent combined (i.e., hybrid) open and endovascular repair (frozen elephant trunk) in a one-stage operation with moderate hypothermic circulatory arrest and antegrade cerebral perfusion. His postoperative course was uneventful, and he was discharged home on postoperative day 9. At 2-year follow-up, chest CT angiography revealed complete shrinkage of the obliterated false lumen in the distal aortic arch and descending thoracic aorta.

Key Words

Aortic dissection - Chronic aortic dissection - Hypothermic circulatory arrest
 

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