Aortic Reoperation After Prior Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Repair: Don't Despair the Repair

CONCLUSIONS: Reoperation after ATAD repair can be safely performed as an elective procedure at experienced centers. Staged distal interventions utilizing classic elephant trunk insertion and open repair above the celiac axis showed durable outcomes.PMID:36653324 | DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.10.021

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - January 18, 2023 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Suguru Ohira Ramin Malekan Masashi Kai Joshua B Goldberg Igor Laskowski Corazon De La Pena Ian Mason Steven L Lansman David Spielvogel Source Type: research