The elephant's Achilles' heel: a case report of acute obstruction of frozen elephant trunk after proximal aortic dissection repair.
Stephan NienaberXun YuanSusanna PriceUlrich RosendahlChristoph A NienaberPublished in: European heart journal. Case reports (2024)
While the mechanism of acute obstruction after FET remains subject to speculation, the rescue intervention of ballooning the obliteration on VA-ECMO was life-saving. Intraoperative ultrasound and videoscopic inspection may be instrumental before chest closure to avoid such critical events.