TY - JOUR AU - Morshuis, William J. PY - 2018 TI - Why to be cautious with the use of the frozen elephant trunk in acute type A aortic dissection JF - Journal of Visualized Surgery; Vol 4 (April 2018): Journal of Visualized Surgery Y2 - 2018 KW - N2 - Already at the second meeting Aortic meeting in Bologna, I showed a slide confirming that type A dissection is a life-threatening disease with high rate of early mortality. What threatens the patients is blood in the pericardium causing tamponade. In Germany and The Netherlands patients are operated on within hours. UR - https://jovs.amegroups.org/article/view/19161