Background: Existing evidence suggests that patients affected by acute aortic syndromes (AAS) may benefit from treatment at dedicated specialized aortic centres. The purpose of the present study was to perform a meta-analysis to evaluate the impact aortic service configuration has in clinical outcomes in AAS patients. Methods: The design was a quantitative and qualitative review of observational studies.We searched PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library from inception to the end of December 2017 to identify eligible articles. Areas of interest included hospital and surgeon volume activity, presence of a multidisciplinary thoracic aortic surgery program, and a dedicated on-call aortic team. Participants were patients undergoing repair for AAS, and odds ratios (ORs) with corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were adopted for synthesizing hospital/30-day mortality. Results: A total of 79,131 adult patients from a total of 30 studies were obtained. No randomized studies were identified. Pooled unadjusted ORs showed that patients treated in high-volume centres or by high-volume surgeons were associated with lower mortality rates (OR 0.51; 95% CI 0.46–0.56, and OR 0.41, 95% CI 0.25–0.66, respectively). Pooled adjusted estimates for both high-volume centres and surgeons confirmed these survival benefits (adjusted OR, 0.56; 95% CI 0.45–0.70, respectively). Patients treated in centres that introduced a specific multidisciplinary aortic program and a dedicated on-call aortic team also showed a significant reduction in mortality (OR 0.31; 95% CI 0.19– 0.5, and OR 0.37; 95% CI 0.15–0.87, respectively). Conclusions: We found that specialist aortic care improves outcomes and decreases mortality in patients affected by AAS.

Aortic centres should represent the standard of care for acute aortic syndrome / Mariscalco, Giovanni; Maselli, Daniele; Zanobini, Marco; Ahmed, Aamer; D Bruno, Vito; Benedetto, Umberto; Gherli, Riccardo; Gherli, Tiziano; Nicolini, Francesco. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY. - ISSN 2047-4881. - 25:I S(2018), pp. 3-14. [10.1177/2047487318764963]

Aortic centres should represent the standard of care for acute aortic syndrome.

Tiziano Gherli;Francesco Nicolini
2018-01-01

Abstract

Background: Existing evidence suggests that patients affected by acute aortic syndromes (AAS) may benefit from treatment at dedicated specialized aortic centres. The purpose of the present study was to perform a meta-analysis to evaluate the impact aortic service configuration has in clinical outcomes in AAS patients. Methods: The design was a quantitative and qualitative review of observational studies.We searched PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library from inception to the end of December 2017 to identify eligible articles. Areas of interest included hospital and surgeon volume activity, presence of a multidisciplinary thoracic aortic surgery program, and a dedicated on-call aortic team. Participants were patients undergoing repair for AAS, and odds ratios (ORs) with corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were adopted for synthesizing hospital/30-day mortality. Results: A total of 79,131 adult patients from a total of 30 studies were obtained. No randomized studies were identified. Pooled unadjusted ORs showed that patients treated in high-volume centres or by high-volume surgeons were associated with lower mortality rates (OR 0.51; 95% CI 0.46–0.56, and OR 0.41, 95% CI 0.25–0.66, respectively). Pooled adjusted estimates for both high-volume centres and surgeons confirmed these survival benefits (adjusted OR, 0.56; 95% CI 0.45–0.70, respectively). Patients treated in centres that introduced a specific multidisciplinary aortic program and a dedicated on-call aortic team also showed a significant reduction in mortality (OR 0.31; 95% CI 0.19– 0.5, and OR 0.37; 95% CI 0.15–0.87, respectively). Conclusions: We found that specialist aortic care improves outcomes and decreases mortality in patients affected by AAS.
2018
Aortic centres should represent the standard of care for acute aortic syndrome / Mariscalco, Giovanni; Maselli, Daniele; Zanobini, Marco; Ahmed, Aamer; D Bruno, Vito; Benedetto, Umberto; Gherli, Riccardo; Gherli, Tiziano; Nicolini, Francesco. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY. - ISSN 2047-4881. - 25:I S(2018), pp. 3-14. [10.1177/2047487318764963]
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