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Dr. Sun's Procedure for Type A Aortic Dissection: Total Arch Replacement Using Tetrafurcate Graft With Stented Elephant Trunk Implantation

2013; Georg Thieme Verlag; Volume: 1; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.12945/j.aorta.2013.13.015

ISSN

2325-4637

Autores

Wei‐Guo Ma, Jun Zheng, Yongmin Liu, Jun‐Ming Zhu, Li‐Zhong Sun,

Tópico(s)

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments

Resumo

Sun's procedure is a modified elephant trunk technique that integrates the advantages of open surgical and endovascular repairs as a treatment of type A aortic dissection. It is named after Dr. Li-Zhong Sun and refers to total arch replacement using a four-branched graft with implantation of a special stented endovascular graft. Since its introduction, it has produced excellent early and late clinical outcomes. We present a video of this procedure and make an overview regarding the technical aspects, surgical indications, and clinical outcomes of Sun's procedure.

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