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Division of Cardiac Surgery, Catholic University, Largo A. Gemelli 8, Rome 00168, Italy
(Email: nicola.luciani@tiscali.it; amedeo.anselmi@alice.it).
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Several innovations have developed in surgery of the aortic arch in the last 20 years. The ingenious technique proposed by Taniguchi and coworkers [1] reflects many innovations, as it combines an elephant trunk with arch debranching, and the use of peripheral cannulation with a loop-designed catheter to fix the elephant trunk into the desired position. The surgical experience, creativity, and perseverance of its inventors,
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