Austin, C;
Thompson, P;
Fittipaldi, M;
Treasure, T;
(2021)
The consequences of incomplete covering of the critical part of the aortic root in Personalized External Aortic Root Support.
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
, 59
(5)
p. 1095.
10.1093/ejcts/ezab118.
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Abstract
We here inform the Journal and its readers of 1 case in which an operation was not done as reported in the paper on Personalised External Aortic Root Support (PEARS) in 2016 [1]. The Directions for Use for the ExoVasc® implant require that the aorta is dissected, proximal to the coronary arteries and the mesh sleeve is anchored at the aortoventricular junction [2]. In a patient operated on in 2015, this was not done. The surgeon cut-off and discarded the portion of the mesh, custom manufactured to fit the aortic sinuses and tethered...
Type: | Article |
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Title: | The consequences of incomplete covering of the critical part of the aortic root in Personalized External Aortic Root Support |
Location: | Germany |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1093/ejcts/ezab118 |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezab118 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
Keywords: | Marfan syndrome, Personalised External Aortic Root Support, Reoperation |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Mathematics UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Mathematics > Clinical Operational Research Unit |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10125594 |
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