Review of Frozen Elephant Trunk Repair With the Thoraflex Hybrid Device
Vincent Chauvette, Maral Ouzounian, Jennifer Chung, Mark D. Peterson, Munir Boodhwani, Ismaı̈l El-Hamamsy, François Dagenais, Matthew Valdis, Michael Chu, on behalf of the Canadian Thoracic Aortic Collaborative
Abstract
The frozen elephant trunk technique has revolutionized aortic arch repair to enable more extensive arch and descending thoracic aortic treatment in a single setting. We review the current evidence supporting the use of the Thoraflex Hybrid (Terumo Aortic, FL, USA) device and discuss advantages, pitfalls and future design considerations.
Topics & Concepts
Elephant trunksMedicineAortic repairAortic archTrunkArchSurgeryAortaEngineeringStructural engineeringEcologyBiologyAortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesCardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsCongenital Heart Disease Studies