JACC Case Reports
Total Thoracic Aortic “Pericardialization” for Multilevel Prosthetic Graft Infection
By Miralem Pašić, Sanjay Chaubey and Kang An.
Abstract
Prosthetic aortic infection involving composite roots and frozen elephant trunk components presents an extraordinary challenge with high mortality. We present a complex aortic reconstruction using custom bovine pericardial conduits.
Keywords
- Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions
- prosthetic graft infection
- aortic graft infection
- Open access
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