The beating heart technique during frozen elephant trunk total arch repair

Hannah Marie Ernst, Tim Berger, Joseph Kletzer, Matthias Siepe, Maximilian Kreibich, Roman Gottardi, Martin Czerny, Julia Benk, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Centre Freiburg University, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern

Perfusion

Published online on July 10, 2025

Abstract

Perfusion, Volume 41, Issue 3, Page 294-301, April 2026.
IntroductionOur aim was to evaluate the beating heart technique during frozen elephant trunk (FET) total arch replacement.MethodsBetween 03/2013 and 01/2023, 357 patients underwent FET total arch replacement in one aortic centre. Patient characteristics, ...