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The ARCH Projects: design and rationale (IAASSG 001).

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Yan, TD; Tian, DH; LeMaire, SA; Misfeld, M; Elefteriades, JA; Chen, EP; Hughes, GC; Kazui, T; Griepp, RB; Kouchoukos, NT; Bannon, PG; Oo, A ...
Published in: Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
January 2014

OBJECTIVE: A number of factors limit the effectiveness of current aortic arch studies in assessing optimal neuroprotection strategies, including insufficient patient numbers, heterogenous definitions of clinical variables, multiple technical strategies, inadequate reporting of surgical outcomes and a lack of collaborative effort. We have formed an international coalition of centres to provide more robust investigations into this topic. METHODS: High-volume aortic arch centres were identified from the literature and contacted for recruitment. A Research Steering Committee of expert arch surgeons was convened to oversee the direction of the research. RESULTS: The International Aortic Arch Surgery Study Group has been formed by 41 arch surgeons from 10 countries to better evaluate patient outcomes after aortic arch surgery. Several projects, including the establishment of a multi-institutional retrospective database, randomized controlled trials and a prospectively collected database, are currently underway. CONCLUSIONS: Such a collaborative effort will herald a turning point in the surgical management of aortic arch pathologies and will provide better powered analyses to assess the impact of varying surgical techniques on mortality and morbidity, identify predictors for neurological and operative risk, formulate and validate risk predictor models and review long-term survival outcomes and quality-of-life after arch surgery.

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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg

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EISSN

1873-734X

Publication Date

January 2014

Volume

45

Issue

1

Start / End Page

10 / 16

Location

Germany

Related Subject Headings

  • Treatment Outcome
  • Respiratory System
  • Registries
  • Humans
  • Databases, Factual
  • Circulatory Arrest, Deep Hypothermia Induced
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation
  • Aorta, Thoracic
  • 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
  • 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology
 

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Yan, T. D., Tian, D. H., LeMaire, S. A., Misfeld, M., Elefteriades, J. A., Chen, E. P., … Coselli, J. (2014). The ARCH Projects: design and rationale (IAASSG 001). Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 45(1), 10–16. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezt520
Yan, Tristan D., David H. Tian, Scott A. LeMaire, Martin Misfeld, John A. Elefteriades, Edward P. Chen, G Chad Hughes, et al. “The ARCH Projects: design and rationale (IAASSG 001).Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 45, no. 1 (January 2014): 10–16. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezt520.
Yan TD, Tian DH, LeMaire SA, Misfeld M, Elefteriades JA, Chen EP, et al. The ARCH Projects: design and rationale (IAASSG 001). Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2014 Jan;45(1):10–6.
Yan, Tristan D., et al. “The ARCH Projects: design and rationale (IAASSG 001).Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, vol. 45, no. 1, Jan. 2014, pp. 10–16. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezt520.
Yan TD, Tian DH, LeMaire SA, Misfeld M, Elefteriades JA, Chen EP, Hughes GC, Kazui T, Griepp RB, Kouchoukos NT, Bannon PG, Underwood MJ, Mohr F-W, Oo A, Sundt TM, Bavaria JE, Di Bartolomeo R, Di Eusanio M, Roselli EE, Beyersdorf F, Carrel TP, Corvera JS, Della Corte A, Ehrlich M, Hoffman A, Jakob H, Matalanis G, Numata S, Patel HJ, Pochettino A, Safi HJ, Estrera A, Perreas KG, Sinatra R, Trimarchi S, Sun L-Z, Tabata M, Wang C, Haverich A, Shrestha M, Okita Y, Coselli J. The ARCH Projects: design and rationale (IAASSG 001). Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2014 Jan;45(1):10–16.
Journal cover image

Published In

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg

DOI

EISSN

1873-734X

Publication Date

January 2014

Volume

45

Issue

1

Start / End Page

10 / 16

Location

Germany

Related Subject Headings

  • Treatment Outcome
  • Respiratory System
  • Registries
  • Humans
  • Databases, Factual
  • Circulatory Arrest, Deep Hypothermia Induced
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation
  • Aorta, Thoracic
  • 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
  • 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology