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EACTS/ESCVS best practice guidelines for reporting treatment results in the thoracic aorta

^a University Hospital, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
^b Arizona Heart Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA
^c James Cook University Hospital, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW, UK
^d London Health Sciences Center, University of Western Ontario, Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine, London, Ont., Canada
^e Brescia University Medical School, Division of Cardiac Surgery, 25123 Brescia, Italy
^f Freeman Hospital, Cardiac Surgery, Newcastle NE7 7DN, UK
^g CHUV, Cardiovascular Surgery, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
^h Leuven University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Cardiac Surgery, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

Received 5 June 2008; received in revised form 23 October 2008; accepted 27 October 2008.

^_* Corresponding author. Tel.: +41 44 2552229; fax: +41 44 2559270. (Email: marko.turina{at}usz.ch).

Abstract

Endovascular treatment of the thoracic aorta (TEVAR) is rapidly expanding, with new devices and techniques, combined with classical surgical approaches in hybrid procedures. The present guidelines provide a standard format for reporting results of treatment in the thoracic aorta, and to facilitate analysis of clinical results in various therapeutic approaches. These guidelines specify the essential information and definitions, which should be provided in each article about TEVAR:

• Definitions of disease conditions

• Extent of the disease

• Comorbidities

• Exact demographics of the patient material

• Description of the procedure performed

• Devices which were utilized

• Methods for reporting early and late mortality, and morbidity

• Reinterventions and additional procedures

• Statistical evaluation

It is hoped that strict adherence to these criteria will make the future publications about TEVAR more comparable, and will enable the readership to draw their own, scientifically validated conclusions about the reports.

Key Words: Thoracic aorta • Guidelines • Thoracic endovascular repair (TEVAR) • Hybrid procedure • Early and late mortality • Reinterventions