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CC BY 4.0 · Aorta (Stamford) 2021; 09(06): 201-214
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1739466
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A New Era of Diagnosis and Therapy in Acute Aortic Syndromes: The Mainz–Essen Experience (Part II)—Management and Outcomes

Eduardo Bossone  ‡   *
1   Division of Cardiology, Antonio Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy
,
Riccardo Gorla‡   *
2   Department of Cardiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy
,
Brigida Ranieri
3   Cardiovascular Imaging Division, IRCCS SDN (Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare), Naples, Italy
,
Valentina Russo
4   Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy
,
Heinz Jakob
5   Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, West German Heart Center, University of Duisburg-Essen, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
,
Raimund Erbel
6   Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (IMIBE), University of Duisburg-Essen, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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Abstract

Over the years, the cardiovascular department of Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz-West-German Heart Centre in Essen (Germany) designed and implemented the hybrid operating room (2003) along with advanced endovascular and surgical procedures, including the frozen elephant trunk technique. For the study purpose, the Mainz–Essen experience on acute aortic syndromes was summarized by considering original articles from single-center or multicenter studies performed at West German Heart Centre, Essen, Germany, or at the cardiovascular department of Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. We present the 35-year-long Mainz–Essen research, education, and patient management journey in creating an integrated multidisciplinary “Aortic Center” in the heart of Europe.

Keywords

acute aortic syndromes - Mainz–Essen - acute aortic dissection - hybrid operating room - heart team concept

* These authors contributed equally to this work.


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Received: 05 June 2020

Accepted: 02 July 2021

Article published online:
28 December 2021

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