Frozen elephant trunk for acute type A aortic dissection: long-term outcomes over two decades
In this series spanning two decades, the FET + TAR technique achieved satisfactory long-term survival and freedom from reintervention in patients with ATAAD, showing lower risk of late death, reoperation and distal aortic dilation compared to hemiarch repair. These results argue favourably for the use of FET technique in ATAAD repair.
Authors
- Q Li
- Suwei Chen
- Jun Zheng
- Wei-Guo Ma
- Yu Chen
- Wei Zhang
- Lingeng Lu
- Gabriele Piffaretti
- Jun-Ming Zhu
- John A Elefteriades
- Li-Zhong Sun
Institutions
- University of Insubria (IT)
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Yale University (US)
- Dahua Hospital (CN)
- Yale New Haven Health System (US)
- Beijing Anzhen Hospital (CN)
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (CN)
- Fu Wai Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Heart Journal
- Published
- 2025-12-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf1117
- Primary Topic
- Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00