title: The future of aortic surgery in Europe.
abstract: At least every ten years, each specialty should reflect upon its past, its present and its future, in order to be able to reconfirm the direction in which it is headed, to adopt suggestions from inside and outside and, consequently, to improve. As such, the aim of this manuscript is to provide the interested reader with an overview of how aortic surgery and (perhaps more accurately) aortic medicine has evolved in Europe, and its present standing; also to provide a glimpse into the future, trying to disseminate the thoughts of a group of people actively involved in the development of aortic medicine in Europe, namely the Vascular Domain of the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS).
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Berne, Berne, Switzerland. martin.czerny@insel.ch
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czerny
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bachet
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bavaria
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Bonser
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Borger
authors.forename: Ruggero
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Paulis
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dibartolomeo
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grabenwöger
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lonn
authors.forename: Mahmood
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loubani
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Mestres
authors.forename: Marc A A M
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Schepens
authors.forename: Ernst
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Weigang
authors.forename: Thierry P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Carrel
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005060:Europe; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*