Is Release and Perfuse Technique Essential Along with Frozen Elephant
Trunk Procedure?
Abstract
Frozen Elephant Trunk (FET) has revolutionized management of aortic arch
and proximal descending aorta pathologies. Despite significant
advancement in FET prosthesis design in recent years, adverse outcomes
related with neurologic and visceral ischemic events remained unsolved.
To address this issue, several publications evaluated protection
strategies to reduce body lower ischemic time. In the present commentary
we put the technique promoted as “Release and Perfuse Technique” on
scale that is for achievement of less lower body circulatory arrest
time.