Cardiac and Vascular Surgeons for the Treatment of Aortic Disease: A Successful Partnership for Decision-Making and Management of Complex Cases

• Published in: JIM - high impact case reports Vol. 9; p. 2324709620970890
• Main Authors: Capoccia, Massimo, Pal, Soumik, Murphy, Michael, Mireskandari, Maziar, Hoschtitzky, Andreas, Nienaber, Christoph A., Cheshire, Nicholas J., Rosendahl, Ulrich P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01-01-2021; Sage Publications Ltd; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: Aortic aneurysms; Aortic dissection; Case Report; Case reports; Coronary vessels; Independent practice associations; cardiac surgeons; aortic aneurysm; aortic team; vascular surgeons; aortic dissection
• ISSN: 2324-7096; 2324-7096
• DOI: 10.1177/2324709620970890

Traditionally, cardiac and vascular surgeons have been treating diseases of the aorta as individual specialists. Neither cardiac nor vascular surgeons have ever considered the aorta as a whole, which can be diseased throughout its length at the same time requiring a more thoughtful and different approach. Aortic dissection and aneurysmal disease may well benefit from a multidisciplinary approach. In the context of this review, we discuss examples of joint operating between cardiac and vascular surgeons that may well become a more routine approach in more units in the future.