Feature Editor summary: Highlighting Invited Expert Opinions on aortic subjects

Abstract

This past year, 4 groups of authors accepted our invitation to submit expert opinions regarding surgical decision making for thoracic aortic disease. A few highlights of these article are outlined here, Gambardella and colleagues 1 published an interesting article making the assertion that, given the high acuity and technical challenges associated with type A aortic dissection repair, there is a valid argument that treatment for this disease should be regionalized to high-volume centers (performing >13 cases per year) and performed by high-volume surgeons (performing >5 cases per year). The article nicely summarizes the current literature regarding regionalization of surgery for acute type A aortic dissection and provides cogent insights.