title: Shaping a vascular graft for total aortic arch replacement.
abstract: Aortic arch replacement extended to the ascending and/or descending thoracic aorta with a single vascular graft may cause kinking of the prosthesis. We propose an artifact to obtain a curved prosthesis from a straight one for total aortic arch replacement without the risk of kinking.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, G. Mazzini Hospital, Teramo, Italy. sandromaz@tin.it
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazzola
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gregorini
authors.forename: Carmine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Villani
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Giancola
authors.forename: Ugo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Minuti
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ciocca
authors.forename: Laura Brigitta
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Colantonio
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design