Acute Type A Dissection Repair by High versus Low Volume Surgeons at a High-Volume Aortic Center

ConclusionsATAAD repair by an all LVAS team had nearly a four-fold increase in-hospital mortality compared to an all HVAS team. Improved outcomes at high-volume centers may be predominantly due to surgeon experience and not from center-specific resources. This study may have implications on call coverage for ATAAD repair at high-volume centers.
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research