Correction to: Heart and Vessels 10.1007/s00380-018-1246-x
The article Aortic remodeling with frozen elephant trunk technique for Stanford type A aortic dissection using Japanese J-graft open stent graft, written by Masato Tochii, Yoshiyuki Takami, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Michiko Ishida, Yoshiro Higuchi, Yusuke Sakurai, Kentaro Amano and Yasushi Takagi was originally published electronically on the publisher’s internet portal (currently SpringerLink) on 06 September 2018 without open access.
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In addition, the Table 2 was published incorrectly in the original publication of the article and the correct Table 2 is provided.
Table 2.
Surgical procedures
| FETa (n = 22) | Non-FET (n = 28) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concomitant procedures | |||
| Root replacement | 4 (18.2%) | 5 (17.9%) | > 0.9999 |
| Coronary artery bypass grafting | 1 (4.5) | 2 (7.1) | > 0.9999 |
| Operation time, min | 592 ± 171 (323–1070) | 605 ± 144 (434–1005) | 0.7832 |
| Cardiopulmonary bypass time, min | 296 ± 80 (179–517) | 294 ± 67 (197–474) | 0.9500 |
| Cross-clamp time, min | 183 ± 49 (99–288) | 200 ± 61 (121–359) | 0.2976 |
| Selective cerebral perfusion, min | 206 ± 57 (76–331) | 215 ± 55 (119–340) | 0.5742 |
| Lower body circulatory arrest, min | 88 ± 24 (46–143) | 94 ± 35 (28–226) | 0.5286 |
| Stent graft | |||
| External diameter of stent graft | |||
| 23 mm | 2 | ||
| 25 mm | 5 | ||
| 27 mm | 2 | ||
| 29 mm | 4 | ||
| 31 mm | 3 | ||
| 33 mm | 3 | ||
| 35 mm | 3 | ||
| Mean diameter, mm | 29.0 ± 3.9 | ||
| Length of stent graft | |||
| 60 mm | 15 (68.2%) | ||
| 90 mm | 6 (27.3%) | ||
| 120 mm | 1 (4.5%) | ||
| Mean length, mm | 70.9 ± 17.4 | ||
Data presented as n (%) or as mean ± standard deviation (range)
aFrozen elephant trunk