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

CONCLUSIONS: ATAAD 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.
PMID: 31158351 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - May 30, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Umana-Pizano JB, Nissen AP, Sandhu HK, Miller CC, Loghin A, Safi HJ, Eisenberg SB, Estrera AL, Nguyen TC Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research