Shaping a vascular graft for total aortic arch replacement.
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.
Mazzola
Alessandro
A
Department of Cardiac Surgery, G. Mazzini Hospital, Teramo, Italy. sandromaz@tin.it
Gregorini
Renato
R
Villani
Carmine
C
Giancola
Raffaele
R
Minuti
Ugo
U
Ciocca
Marco
M
Colantonio
Laura Brigitta
LB
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