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April 6, 2020Open Access

A modified frozen elephant trunk technique for acute Stanford type A aortic dissection

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Key result

The modified frozen elephant trunk technique for acute Stanford type A aortic dissection demonstrated safety and feasibility, with an operative mortality of 6.25%.

Why the study?

Acute Stanford type A aortic dissection is lethal with high mortality, and no standard treatment or surgical techniques have been established.

Does the modified frozen elephant trunk technique improve short-term outcomes in patients with acute Stanford type A aortic dissection?

Population

16 patients with acute Stanford type A aortic dissection at Xiamen Heart Centre

Comparison

Modified frozen elephant trunk technique

Design

Single-center observational study

Follow-up

3 months

Authors

SSShibo SongPHPo-Yuan HuXWXijie Wu

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Overview

Hypothesis-generating for type A dissection techniques; leaves open optimal strategies pending higher-level evidence.

Study Design

Type

Observational (n=16)

Multicenter

No

Structured PICO

Does the modified frozen elephant trunk technique improve short-term outcomes in patients with acute Stanford type A aortic dissection?

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Population
16 patients (mean age 59.2 years, 43.8% female) with acute Stanford type A aortic dissection who underwent a modified frozen elephant trunk technique, followed for 3 months.
I
Intervention
Modified frozen elephant trunk technique
O
Outcome
Short-term outcomes including operative mortality, perioperative variables, and changes in aortic diameters (ascending aorta, aortic arch, descending aorta, bifurcations) at admission, before discharge, and 3 months after dischargehard clinical

The modified frozen elephant trunk technique is safe and feasible for acute Stanford type A aortic dissection, showing encouraging short-term outcomes.

Limitations

  • Retrospective study with a small sample size
  • No control group
  • Single center
  • Short follow-up period
  • long-term outcomes require further investigation

Cite This Study

Song et al. (2020) conducted an observational in Acute Stanford type A aortic dissection (n=16). Modified frozen elephant trunk technique was evaluated on Operative mortality. The modified frozen elephant trunk technique for acute Stanford type A aortic dissection demonstrated safety and feasibility, with an operative mortality of 6.25%.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97b321d72f642c28a665d1https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-20117/v1
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