Aortic balloon occlusion simplifies dissected thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair after frozen elephant trunk.

Jinlin WuYang JueChangjiang YuJun KeZhongmin CaoYangfen WuRui-Xin FanTucheng SunXin Li

Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2022)

Here, we report a case of a dissected thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair after frozen elephant trunk implantation, using aortic balloon occlusion technique to simplify the proximal anastomosis and avoid deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.

Keyphrases

aortic valve
pulmonary artery
left ventricular
aortic dissection
pulmonary hypertension
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
aortic aneurysm
cell cycle
atrial fibrillation