Matti Jubouri, Fatima Kayali, Tiffany Agbobu, Owais Tahhan, Thurkga Moothathamby, Eyad R Abdulwahab, Bashi Velayudhan, Idhrees Mohammed, Mohamad Bashir
INTRODUCTION: With the incidence of thoracic aortic disease on the rise, total arch replacement (TAR) with frozen elephant trunk (FET) remains the gold-standard management strategy due to optimal results. Several FET devices exist commercially on the global market. However, the mainstay and most commonly used and reported device is the Thoraflex Hybrid Prosthesis (THP), with several recent reports suggesting its superiority. AREAS COVERED: This review aims to collate and summarize the evidence in the literature on the clinical outcomes of TAR with FET using THP, with a focus on mortality, neurological complications, endoleak, distal stent-induced new entry (dSINE), aortic remodeling, coagulopathy and graft kinking...
March 2, 2024: Expert Review of Medical Devices