This special series on “Frozen Elephant Trunk” is edited by Dr. Mohamad Bashir from Velindre University Hospital, Health & Education Improvement Wales, Wales, UK, Dr. Edward P Chen from Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, USA and Dr. Mohammed Idhrees from Institute of Cardiac & Aortic Disorders, SIMS Hospital, Chennai, India.

Guest Editors: Yskert von Kodolitsch (Clinic of Cardiology, University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany), Harald Kaemmerer (Professor of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Department of Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology, German Heart Center Munich, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany) and Koichiro Niwa (Executive Advisor, Cardiovascular Center, St. Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan)

Guest Editors: Lee Kirksey (Department of Vascular Surgery, Heart & Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Cleveland, Ohio, USA) and Sasan Partovi (Department of Interventional Radiology, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Cleveland, Ohio, USA)