Type A aortic dissection with arch entry tear: Surgical experience in 104 patients over a 12-year period

TAAD with arch entry tear was treated safely and durably by FET + TAR. Although patients with arch entry tear were somewhat older than other patients, operative mortality was not substantially higher despite their older age and arch location of entry tear. These results argue favorably for the use of the FET + TAR technique in the management of TAAD patients with arch entry tears.