The use of a new hybrid stentgraft for the repair of extensive thoracic aortic aneurysms with the frozen elephant trunk method - first Polish experiences.
The frozen elephant trunk (FET) technique is a modification of the traditional elephant trunk method, which was introduced by Borst in 1983 in order to treat extensive thoracic aortic aneurysms. The crux of the new method is the different type of aortic prosthesis, consisting of a Dacron part (with or without branches leading to the arterial vessels which exit the aortic arch) and a port for extracorporeal circulation with a self-expanding nitinol stentgraft. This combination enables a complete one-stage treatment of the pathologies within the arch and the proximal segment of the descending aorta; moreover, it facilitates the performance of a two-stage hybrid treatment of extensive thoracic aortic aneurysms involving a significant part of the descending aorta. This article presents the cases of four patients with extensive aortic disease, who were implanted with Thoraflex prostheses (Vascutek, Scotland).
Chair and Clinic of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Michał
M
Zembala
Chair and Clinic of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Marcin
M
Krasoń
Chair and Clinic of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Tomasz
T
Hrapkowicz
Chair and Clinic of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Roman
R
Przybylski
Chair and Clinic of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Krzysztof
K
Filipiak
Chair and Clinic of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Marcin
M
Borowicz
Chair and Clinic of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Tomasz
T
Niklewski
Chair and Institute of Medical Radiology and Radiodiagnostics of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Laboratory of Imaging Diagnostics, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases in Zabrze, Poland.
Jan
J
Głowacki
Clinical Department of Cardiac Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Medical University of Silesia at the Silesian Center for Heart Diseases in Zabrze, Poland.
Tomasz
T
Wolny
Clinical Department of Cardiac Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Medical University of Silesia at the Silesian Center for Heart Diseases in Zabrze, Poland.
Paweł
P
Nadziakiewicz
Chair and Clinic of Vascular and General of the Medical University of Silesia in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Ryszard
R
Walas
Chair and Clinic of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Marian
M
Zembala
aortic prosthesis; frozen elephant trunk; thoracic aortic aneurysms