title: Standardizing clinical end points in aortic arch surgery: a consensus statement from the International Aortic Arch Surgery Study Group.
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Research (CORE) Group, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia (T.D.Y., D.H.T., P.G.B.); Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia (T.D.Y., P.G.B.); Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston (S.A.L., J.S.C.); Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (S.A.L., J.S.C.); Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (G.C.H., J.P.M.); Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (E.P.C.); Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany (M.M., F.-W.M.); Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY (R.B.G.); Cardiovascular Center, Hokkaido Ohno Hospital, Sapporo, Japan (T.K.); Section of Cardiac Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (J.A.E.); Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St. Louis (N.T.K.); Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (M.J.U.); Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK (A.O.); Thoracic Aortic Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (T.M.S.); Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (J.E.B.); Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna University, Bologna, Italy (R.D.B., M.D.E.); and Thoracic Aortic Research Center, I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy (S.T.).
authors.forename: Tristan D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: LeMaire
authors.forename: G Chad
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: Edward P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Misfeld
authors.forename: Randall B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Griepp
authors.forename: Teruhisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kazui
authors.forename: Paul G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Bannon
authors.forename: Joseph S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Coselli
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Elefteriades
authors.forename: Nicholas T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Kouchoukos
authors.forename: Malcolm J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Underwood
authors.forename: Joseph P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Mathew
authors.forename: Friedrich-Wilhelm
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Mohr
authors.forename: Aung
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oo
authors.forename: Thoralf M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Sundt
authors.forename: Joseph E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Bavaria
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Di Bartolomeo
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Eusanio
authors.forename: Santi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trimarchi
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D032921:Consensus; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000145:classification* / Q000401:mortality; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality / Q000592:standards*
keywords: aorta, thoracic; consensus; surgical procedures, operative