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The Many Care Models to Treat Thoracic Aortic Disease in Canada: A Nationwide Survey of Cardiac Surgeons, Cardiologists, Interventional Radiologists, and Vascular Surgeons
BACKGROUND: Several specialties treat thoracic aortic disease, resulting in multiple patient care pathways. This study aimed to characterize these varied care models to guide health policy. METHODS: A 57-question e-survey was sent to staff cardiac surgeons, cardiologists, interventional radiologists...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8209400/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34169258 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2021.02.005 |
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author | McClure, R. Scott Berry, Robert F. Dagenais, Francois Forbes, Thomas L. Grewal, Jasmine Keir, Michelle Klass, Darren Kotha, Vamshi K. McMurtry, M. Sean Moore, Randy D. Payne, Darrin Rommens, Kenton |
author_facet | McClure, R. Scott Berry, Robert F. Dagenais, Francois Forbes, Thomas L. Grewal, Jasmine Keir, Michelle Klass, Darren Kotha, Vamshi K. McMurtry, M. Sean Moore, Randy D. Payne, Darrin Rommens, Kenton |
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description | BACKGROUND: Several specialties treat thoracic aortic disease, resulting in multiple patient care pathways. This study aimed to characterize these varied care models to guide health policy. METHODS: A 57-question e-survey was sent to staff cardiac surgeons, cardiologists, interventional radiologists, and vascular surgeons at 7 Canadian medical societies. RESULTS: For 914 physicians, the response rate was 76% (86 of 113) for cardiac surgeons, 40% (58 of 146) for vascular surgeons, 24% (34 of 140) for radiologists, and 14% (70 of 515) for cardiologists. Several services admitted type B dissections (vascular 37%, cardiology 31%, cardiac 18%, other 7%), and care was heterogeneous. Ownership of disease management was overestimated relative to the perspective of the other specialties. Type A dissection admissions and treatment were more uniform, but emergent call coverage varied. A 24/7 aortic specialist on-call schedule was present only 4% of the time. “Aortic” case rounds promoted attendance by a broader aortic specialty contingency relative to rounds that were specialty specific. Although 89% of respondents felt an aortic team was best for patient care, only 54% worked at an institution with an aortic team present, and only 28% utilized an aortic clinic. Questions designed to define an aortic team derived 63 different combinations. CONCLUSIONS: Thoracic aortic disease follows a network of undefined and variable care pathways, despite its high-risk population in need of complex treatment considerations. Multidisciplinary aortic teams and clinics exist in low volume, and the “aortic team” remains an obscure construct. A multispecialty initiative to define the aortic team and outline standardized navigation pathways within the health systems hospitals is advocated. |
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spelling | pubmed-82094002021-06-23 The Many Care Models to Treat Thoracic Aortic Disease in Canada: A Nationwide Survey of Cardiac Surgeons, Cardiologists, Interventional Radiologists, and Vascular Surgeons McClure, R. Scott Berry, Robert F. Dagenais, Francois Forbes, Thomas L. Grewal, Jasmine Keir, Michelle Klass, Darren Kotha, Vamshi K. McMurtry, M. Sean Moore, Randy D. Payne, Darrin Rommens, Kenton CJC Open Original Article BACKGROUND: Several specialties treat thoracic aortic disease, resulting in multiple patient care pathways. This study aimed to characterize these varied care models to guide health policy. METHODS: A 57-question e-survey was sent to staff cardiac surgeons, cardiologists, interventional radiologists, and vascular surgeons at 7 Canadian medical societies. RESULTS: For 914 physicians, the response rate was 76% (86 of 113) for cardiac surgeons, 40% (58 of 146) for vascular surgeons, 24% (34 of 140) for radiologists, and 14% (70 of 515) for cardiologists. Several services admitted type B dissections (vascular 37%, cardiology 31%, cardiac 18%, other 7%), and care was heterogeneous. Ownership of disease management was overestimated relative to the perspective of the other specialties. Type A dissection admissions and treatment were more uniform, but emergent call coverage varied. A 24/7 aortic specialist on-call schedule was present only 4% of the time. “Aortic” case rounds promoted attendance by a broader aortic specialty contingency relative to rounds that were specialty specific. Although 89% of respondents felt an aortic team was best for patient care, only 54% worked at an institution with an aortic team present, and only 28% utilized an aortic clinic. Questions designed to define an aortic team derived 63 different combinations. CONCLUSIONS: Thoracic aortic disease follows a network of undefined and variable care pathways, despite its high-risk population in need of complex treatment considerations. Multidisciplinary aortic teams and clinics exist in low volume, and the “aortic team” remains an obscure construct. A multispecialty initiative to define the aortic team and outline standardized navigation pathways within the health systems hospitals is advocated. Elsevier 2021-02-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8209400/ /pubmed/34169258 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2021.02.005 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Original Article McClure, R. Scott Berry, Robert F. Dagenais, Francois Forbes, Thomas L. Grewal, Jasmine Keir, Michelle Klass, Darren Kotha, Vamshi K. McMurtry, M. Sean Moore, Randy D. Payne, Darrin Rommens, Kenton The Many Care Models to Treat Thoracic Aortic Disease in Canada: A Nationwide Survey of Cardiac Surgeons, Cardiologists, Interventional Radiologists, and Vascular Surgeons |
title | The Many Care Models to Treat Thoracic Aortic Disease in Canada: A Nationwide Survey of Cardiac Surgeons, Cardiologists, Interventional Radiologists, and Vascular Surgeons |
title_full | The Many Care Models to Treat Thoracic Aortic Disease in Canada: A Nationwide Survey of Cardiac Surgeons, Cardiologists, Interventional Radiologists, and Vascular Surgeons |
title_fullStr | The Many Care Models to Treat Thoracic Aortic Disease in Canada: A Nationwide Survey of Cardiac Surgeons, Cardiologists, Interventional Radiologists, and Vascular Surgeons |
title_full_unstemmed | The Many Care Models to Treat Thoracic Aortic Disease in Canada: A Nationwide Survey of Cardiac Surgeons, Cardiologists, Interventional Radiologists, and Vascular Surgeons |
title_short | The Many Care Models to Treat Thoracic Aortic Disease in Canada: A Nationwide Survey of Cardiac Surgeons, Cardiologists, Interventional Radiologists, and Vascular Surgeons |
title_sort | many care models to treat thoracic aortic disease in canada: a nationwide survey of cardiac surgeons, cardiologists, interventional radiologists, and vascular surgeons |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8209400/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34169258 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2021.02.005 |
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