Proximal aortic repair in asymptomatic patients

Current guidelines for elective proximal aortic repair are applicable to elective first-time procedures in asymptomatic patients without other primary indications or connective tissue disorders and with specified aortic diameter or growth rate. The objective was to characterize the surgical outcomes in this narrowly defined patient-population.Guideline-compliant patients were identified from a recent (2014-2019) single unit consecutive surgical...