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Berretta P, Galeazzi M, Malvindi PG, Cefarelli M, Alfonsi J, Bifulco O, Gatta E, Di Eusanio M. Frozen elephant use in type a dissection: fundamentals, innovations, and pitfalls. Expert Rev Med Devices 2024; 21:579-586. [PMID: 38841791 DOI: 10.1080/17434440.2024.2365416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2024] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Type A acute aortic dissection (TA-AAD) is a great challenge for aortic surgeons. The establishment of a standardized surgical approach, particularly the determination of whether and when to address the aortic arch and the distal aorta in the same operation as the proximal aorta, is still unclear. AREAS COVERED Frozen elephant trunk (FET) has emerged as a valuable treatment for TA-AAD over the last decade. Here, we discuss the fundamentals and pitfalls of frozen elephant trunk procedures and present the latest innovations. EXPERT OPINION FET has the potential to simplify arch reconstruction in patients with complex arch tears and rupture, optimize perfusion in the distal true lumen for those with a compressed true lumen and malperfusion, address distal reentry tears, and promote false lumen thrombosis and late aortic remodeling. Nevertheless, FET is still associated with non-negligible mortality and morbidity rates. Patient selection, surgical expertise, and postoperative care remain crucial determinants in ensuring successful outcomes. Recent innovations in FET surgery involve the development of techniques to minimize or avoid hypothermic circulatory arrest and new FET devices with different arch branch configurations aiming to facilitate subsequent aortic reinterventions. We believe that both these advancements have the potential to improve patient outcomes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Paolo Berretta
- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Vascular Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Takayama H, Hohri Y, Brinster DR, Chen EP, El-Hamamsy I, Elmously A, Derose JJ, Hisamoto K, Lau C, Okita Y, Peterson MD, Spielvogel D, Youdelman BA, Pacini D. Open, endovascular or hybrid repair of aortic arch disease: narrative review of diverse strategies with diverse options. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2024; 65:ezae179. [PMID: 38724247 DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezae179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2023] [Revised: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 04/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/26/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVES The management of aortic arch disease is complex. Open surgical management continues to evolve, and the introduction of endovascular repair is revolutionizing aortic arch surgery. Although these innovative techniques have generated the opportunity for better outcomes in select patients, they have also introduced confusion and uncertainty regarding best practices. METHODS In New York, we developed a collaborative group, the New York Aortic Consortium, as a means of cross-linking knowledge and working together to better understand and treat aortic disease. In our meeting in May 2023, regional aortic experts and invited international experts discussed the contemporary management of aortic arch disease, differences in interpretation of the available literature and the integration of endovascular technology into disease management. We summarized the current state of aortic arch surgery in this review article. RESULTS Approaches to aortic arch repair have evolved substantially, whether it be methods to reduce cerebral ischaemia, improve haemostasis, simplify future operations or expand options for high-risk patients with endovascular approaches. However, the transverse aortic arch remains challenging to repair. Among our collaborative group of cardiac/aortic surgeons, we discovered a wide disparity in our practice patterns and our management strategies of patients with aortic arch disease. CONCLUSIONS It is important to build unique institutional expertise in the context of complex and evolving management of aortic arch disease with open surgery, endovascular repair and hybrid approaches, tailored to the risk profiles and anatomical specifics of individual patients.
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- Hiroo Takayama
- Division of Cardiac, Vascular, & Thoracic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiac, Vascular, & Thoracic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health System, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiac, Vascular, & Thoracic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Houston Methodist, Huston, TX, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Takatsuki General Hospital, Takatsuki, Japan
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Cardiac Surgery Department, IRCCS, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Malvindi PG, Alfonsi J, Berretta P, Cefarelli M, Gatta E, Di Eusanio M. Normothermic frozen elephant trunk: our experience and literature review. Cardiovasc Diagn Ther 2022; 12:262-271. [PMID: 35800357 PMCID: PMC9253169 DOI: 10.21037/cdt-22-73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The frozen elephant trunk (FET) technique has undoubtable advantages in treating complex and extensive disease of the aortic arch and the thoracic descending aorta. Despite several improvements in cardiopulmonary bypass conduction and surgical strategy, operative times and the institution of systemic circulatory arrest remain the main determinants of early mortality, cerebral/spinal cord injury and visceral organs dysfunction. We have conducted this review to highlight the recent technical advances in arch and FET surgery aiming at the reduction/avoidance of systemic circulatory arrest, and their impact on early outcomes. METHODS A literature search (from origin to January 2022), limited to publications in English, was performed on online platforms and database (PubMed, Google, ResearchGate). After a further review of associated or similar papers, we found 4 experiences, described by 11 peer-reviewed published papers, which focused on minimising or avoiding systemic circulatory arrest during total arch replacement plus stenting of the descending thoracic aorta. KEY CONTENT AND FINDINGS Recent experiences reported the use of an antegrade endoaortic balloon, advanced and inflated into the stent graft, to provide an early systemic reperfusion soon after the deployment of the stented portion of the FET prosthesis and minimize the circulatory arrest time (down to a mean of 5 minutes), thus avoiding the need of moderate or deep hypothermia (mean systemic temperature 28-30 °C) while allowing a complete arch and FET repair. Our approach, based on off-pump retrograde vascular stent graft deployment in distal arch/descending thoracic aorta, and the use of a retrograde endoballoon, allows the repair of extensive aortic pathologies during uninterrupted normothermic cerebral and lower body perfusion. CONCLUSIONS The use of endoballoon occlusion has emerged in recent years as a safe and effective strategy to allow distal perfusion during FET repair. This technique minimizes or avoids the detrimental effects of hypothermia and systemic circulatory arrest and significantly reduces the operative times.
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- Pietro Giorgio Malvindi
- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Vascular Surgery Department, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Ancona, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Piperata A, d'Ostrevy N, Busuttil O, Avesani M, Modine T, Lorenzoni G, Azzolina D, Labrousse L, Pernot M. Evaluation of the “release and perfuse technique” for aortic arch surgery. J Card Surg 2022; 37:2633-2639. [DOI: 10.1111/jocs.16640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Revised: 03/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Antonio Piperata
- Department of Cardiology and Cardio‐Vascular Surgery, Hôpital Cardiologique de Haut‐Lévèque Bordeaux University Hospital Pessac France
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardio‐Vascular Surgery, Hôpital Cardiologique de Haut‐Lévèque Bordeaux University Hospital Pessac France
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardio‐Vascular Surgery, Hôpital Cardiologique de Haut‐Lévèque Bordeaux University Hospital Pessac France
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardio‐Vascular Surgery, Hôpital Cardiologique de Haut‐Lévèque Bordeaux University Hospital Pessac France
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardio‐Vascular Surgery, Hôpital Cardiologique de Haut‐Lévèque Bordeaux University Hospital Pessac France
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, Unit of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Public Health University of Padova Padova Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, Unit of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Public Health University of Padova Padova Italy
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardio‐Vascular Surgery, Hôpital Cardiologique de Haut‐Lévèque Bordeaux University Hospital Pessac France
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardio‐Vascular Surgery, Hôpital Cardiologique de Haut‐Lévèque Bordeaux University Hospital Pessac France
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