Contemporary Single-Center Experience of Complete Aortic Arch Replacement Employing the Frozen Elephant Trunk Technique in Patients with Extensive Aortic Disease.

This study aimed to examine contemporary results of the frozen elephant trunk (FET) procedure in an all-comers patient cohort. Between January 2017 and May 2024, a total of 132 consecutive patients with either aortic aneurysm ( = 32), acute aortic dissection ( = 32), or chronic aortic dissection ( = 68) underwent total aortic arch replacement employing the FET technique. In-hospital data were collected prospectively and included preoperative characteristics, intraoperative data, and follow-up results.

Single-center real-world data and technical considerations from 100 consecutive patients treated with the Perceval aortic bioprosthesis.

Objectives: Although the Perceval sutureless aortic valve bioprosthesis presents a feasible alternative to conventional aortic valve prostheses, the extent of its applicability with respect to technical considerations for a real-world patient collective is still under debate.

Methods: One hundred patients received the Perceval prosthesis [males: 59; age: 72.5 (7.

Total aortic arch debranching with antegrade Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) in acute non-A non-B aortic dissection.

Background: The surgical evaluation and management of non-A non-B aortic dissections, in the absence of ascending aortic involvement, remains a grey area. It is in these scenarios when thorough evaluation of patient/family history, clinical presentation, but also overall lifestyle, is of immense importance when determining an optimal intervention.

Case Presentation: We present a 38-year-old patient with a physically demanding lifestyle as a professional wrestler, uncontrolled hypertension due to history of medical non-adherence, and family history of aortic dissection who presented with acute non-A non-B aortic dissection.

Cross-sectional Evaluation of Neurotology Fellowship Directors: A Present-day Snapshot of Leadership.

Objective: To identify demographic, training, and career trends of neurotology fellowship directors (FDs).

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: United States.

Extensive thoracoabdominal aortic electro septotomy: A case report of a novel approach in the treatment of chronic aortic dissections.

Treatment of post-dissection arch and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms presents significant therapeutic challenges. True lumen collapse or take off of aortic branches from the false lumen makes endograft alignment difficult, if not impossible. We present herein the first successful case of an extensive thoracoabdominal electro aortic septotomy of the entire dissection membrane from the aortic arch down to the aortic bifurcation during an open redo aortic arch replacement employing the frozen elephant trunk technique.