The frozen elephant trunk technique for the treatment of acute complicated Type B aortic dissection.

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Our goal was to report our preliminary results in patients with acute complicated Type B aortic dissection without a suitable landing zone for primary thoracic endovascular aortic repair who were treated with the frozen elephant trunk (FET) technique.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Eur J Cardiothorac Surg

Title: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)

ISSN (Electronic): 1873-734X

ISSN (Print): 1010-7940

Publication date (Electronic): March 01 2018

Volume: 53

Issue: 3

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[1 ] Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Centre Freiburg University, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

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Publisher Item ID: 4060659

DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezx281

PubMed ID: 28977457

SO-VID: 311a3d3d-ed7e-4ddf-ab23-ad71fe6e65cf

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