title: [Cardiovascular surgery in Spain in 1989. The Registry of Operations of the Spanish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery].
abstract: The Spanish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery has sent a questionnaire to all 36 cardiovascular surgical groups to know the number and type of cardiovascular operations carried out in our country during 1989. The questionnaire was answered by 36 out of 36. In the year 1989, 20,912 cardiovascular patients have been operated upon and 9,582 interventions with extracorporeal circulation have been carried out: 45% in valvular disease, 34% in coronary and 13% in congenital. The number of operations was 5,771 for vascular disease, 4,272 for valvular, 3,296 for coronary, 1,973 for congenital and 3,031 for pacemaker implantation. Comparing with other countries, and specially with the Federal Republic of Germany, few points in our country deserve a remarkable mention: 1) Valvular pathology causes more operations than coronary one; 2) There is a low number of cardiovascular operations per million of inhabitants; 3) The cardiovascular surgical groups have a low yield.
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D012042:Registries; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
vernacular_title: Cirugía cardiovascular en España en el año 1989. Registro de Operaciones de la Sociedad Española de Cirugía Cardiovascular (SECCV).