Aorta clinic: leading centre for aortic disease

Patients with serious aortic disease are treated in collaboration with the Vascular Surgery department using a combination of surgical and cardiovascular techniques.

Surgeons Jan Nijs and Erik Debing specialise in treatment of aortic disease and offer the latest surgical techniques. An operation on your aorta or aortic valve can be done in the traditional way via ‘open’ surgery or as a ‘closed’ operation using percutaneous or endovascular techniques. In percutaneous or endovascular techniques the aorta or aortic valve is repaired through a catheter in the groin:

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Multidisciplinary comprehensive approach

Comprehensive approach

The Aorta Clinic offers a comprehensive approach for patients with aortic disease The Aorta Clinic provides:

Diagnosis
Family screening
Primary follow-up
Surgery if needed
Secondary follow-up if you have an operation

The patient and their family are involved in the education process, the shared decision-making and meetings with other patients and they have a permanent coordinator.

Multidisciplinary team meeting

Patients are discussed at a multidisciplinary team meeting, which the GP is also welcome to attend.
The team includes:

Cardiac surgeons
Vascular surgeons
Geneticists
Radiologists
Anaesthetists
Pathologists
Orthopaedic surgeons
Ophthalmologists
Psychologists

Surgeons are also assisted before, during and after the operation by a medical team of experienced:

Cardiologists
Anaesthetists
Perfusionists
Intensivists
Nurses

Contact details Aorta Clinic

The Aorta Clinic can be contacted on:

Cardiac Surgery