Journal
THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON
Volume 58, Issue 3, Pages 154-158Publisher
GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1240806
Keywords
aortic dissection type A; deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA); cerebral perfusion; database; registry; multicenter clinical trial; patient outcome
Funding
- Medtronic
- Edwards
- Vascutek/Terumo
- St. Jude Medical
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A German registry for acute aortic dissection type A (GERAADA) was initiated by the Working Group for Aortic Surgery and Interventional Vascular Surgery of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (GSTCVS) in July 2006. This web-based database was developed to record the data of patients who had undergone surgery for aortic dissection type A. From analyzing the data, we aim to learn how to improve surgical treatment and to identify parameters affecting patient outcome. In the beginning, 33 cardiac centers participated via online access to the registry on the GSTCVS' homepage. Since then, 43 centers in Germany, Switzerland and Austria have begun entering data on the pre-and intraoperative status of their patients, postoperative complications, mid-term results and circumstances of death. We have succeeded in interpreting the initial results and trends from the registry now available to all of the participating centers, which benefit from this shared pool of analyzed data by optimizing their therapy regimes and comparing their success with that in the other centers.
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