title: Distortion of a hybrid stent graft following a frozen elephant trunk procedure.
abstract: We describe a case of an acute type A dissection, where technical problems during the frozen elephant trunk technique led to a distortion of the hybrid stent graft with severe stenosis of the thoracic aortic endoprosthesis. Interventional aortoplasty was performed to re-establish flow. This new technique bears some risk of technical failure and therefore should be applied only after careful considerations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Heinz
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Deschka
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nolte
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Machner
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wimmer-Greinecker
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D012306:Risk; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods