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First-in-Human Use of the COOK Hybrid Frozen Elephant Trunk Graft: The Canadian Experience.
CONCLUSIONS: The Cook hybrid stent-graft device provides encouraging mid-term results in a high-risk cohort. This novel graft is simple to deploy, may be customized to patients' anatomy in elective cases, eases arch reconstruction and allows versatility in the choice of arch grafts. PMID: 33058821 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - October 12, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Chauvette V, Demers P, Lachapelle K, Chu MWA, Dagenais F Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research

Valve-Sparing Root Replacement vs Composite Valve Grafting in Aortic Root Dilation: A Meta-Analysis.
CONCLUSIONS: Aortic valve sparing appears to be safe, and associated with reduced late mortality, thromboembolism/stroke and bleeding compared with composite valve grafting. Late durability is equivalent. Aortic valve sparing should be considered in patients with favorable aortic valve morphology. PMID: 31981499 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - January 21, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Elbatarny M, Tam DY, Edelman JJ, Rocha RV, Chu MWA, Peterson MD, El-Hamamsy I, Appoo JJ, Friedrich JO, Boodhwani M, Yanagawa B, Ouzounian M, Canadian Thoracic Aortic Collaborative (CTAC) Investigators Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research

Early Clinical Outcomes of Hybrid Arch Frozen Elephant Trunk Repair with the Thoraflex Hybrid Graft.
CONCLUSIONS: Hybrid aortic arch and FET repair with the Thoraflex hybrid graft appears to be associated with good clinical outcomes, despite being early in the learning curve with this graft. Further investigation with this device is warranted to establish its role within the variations of hybrid arch repair. PMID: 30291835 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - October 3, 2018 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Chu MWA, Losenno KL, Dubois LA, Jones PM, Ouzounian M, Whitlock R, Dagenais F, Boodhwani M, Bhatnagar G, Poostizadeh A, Pozeg Z, Moon M, Kiaii B, Peterson MD, Canadian Thoracic Aortic Collaborative (CTAC) Investigators Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research