For the past 70 years of aortic surgery,the current diagnosis and treatment strategies have generally solved the important issue of “saving lives”.Nowadays,the new scientific and technological revolution is coming.The practitioners in aortic surgery should change the traditional perception and look for the insufficiency and the shortcomings of diagnosis and treatment,which finally expand the boundaries of the discipline.Moreover,the discipline development shall be more open-minded and persist in innovation.We should take the advantages of different discipline technologies,and strive to solve the current issues and controversies remaining in diagnosis and treatment toward providing refined services for the public.