Multidisciplinary Care
Type
AdditionConfidence
95%
Created
Mar 19, 2026
Evidence
2 sources
Rationale
The section was updated to reflect the formalization of 'Multidisciplinary Aortic Teams' (MATs) as a specific recommendation in the 2022 ACC/AHA guidelines, which expands upon the general 'vascular-team' concept previously mentioned. Additionally, the 2023 AFib guidelines were integrated to show the breadth of multidisciplinary care in cardiovascular surgery. Abbreviations (ACC, AHA, MATs, AFib) were expanded on first use as per instructions.
Evidence
This guideline provides recommendations to guide clinicians in the diagnosis, genetic evaluation and family screening, medical therapy, endovascular and surgical treatment, and long-term surveillance of patients with aortic disease across its multiple clinical presentation subsets.
Content Changes
* Vascular surgery overlaps with cardiology, radiology, nephrology, and oncology. * **Heart-team and vascular-team models** [@conte2019-gvg] are becoming the standard of care [@esc2018revasc]. * For complex aortic disease, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) recommend the implementation of multidisciplinary aortic teams (MATs) to optimize patient outcomes through shared decision-making [@aha2022-isselbacher]. * Similarly, a multidisciplinary approach is emphasized in the management of associated cardiovascular conditions, such as atrial fibrillation (AFib), to coordinate care across specialties [@aha2023-joglar].