Concomitant frozen elephant trunk procedure and pulmonary embolectomy.
The antegrade stented (frozen) elephant trunk procedure and pulmonary embolectomy are complex cardiac surgical operations for extensive aortic and pulmonary arterial disease, respectively. We report the first known case of concomitant antegrade stented elephant trunk and pulmonary embolectomy in order to highlight pre- and intra-operative management strategies for this uncommon disease combination.
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. subs@med.uni-leipzig.de
Sreekumar
S
Subramanian
Gezim
G
Karaxha
Friedrich W
FW
Mohr
Martin
M
Misfeld
D000368:Aged; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D017128:Embolectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed