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Total endovascular repair successfully treated a malpositioned frozen elephant trunk in the false lumen, achieving complete exclusion and thrombosis of the thoracic false lumen at 2 years follow-up.
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A totally endovascular approach can successfully treat a malpositioned distal endovascular portion of a hybrid prosthesis in the false lumen following a Frozen Elephant Trunk procedure.
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Endovascular salvage may be feasible for this FET complication; leaves open questions on prevention and reproducibility.
We report a case of a 56-year-old male who underwent Frozen Elephant Trunk procedure for residual type A chronic aortic dissection, complicated by the release of the distal endovascular portion of the hybrid prosthesis in the false lumen. This complication was successfully treated with a totally endovascular approach.
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Buia et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Residual type A chronic aortic dissection with malpositioned frozen elephant trunk (n=1). Total endovascular repair (TEVAR) was evaluated on Complete exclusion and thrombosis of the false lumen. Total endovascular repair successfully treated a malpositioned frozen elephant trunk in the false lumen, achieving complete exclusion and thrombosis of the thoracic false lumen at 2 years follow-up.
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