New chapter on “Quality Improvement in Aortic Surgery” is coming soon!

Quality improvement efforts in aortic surgery, based on the evaluation of outcomes in regional and national registries have been performed for many years. As quality improvement registries have been established in an increasing number of countries, international collaboration allows for amalgamation of large datasets, and comparison of practice and outcome, to identify best practice for further improvement of care in aortic surgery.

The VASCUNET, Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI), and International Consortium of Vascular Registries (ICVR) are three international registries focused on quality improvement in Vascular Surgery. The aim of this chapter is their contribution to quality improvement in aortic disease.