title: Cardiac surgery in Germany during 2006: a report on behalf of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
abstract: All cardiac surgical procedures performed in 81 German cardiac surgical units throughout the year 2006 are presented in this report, based on a voluntary registry which is organized by the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. In 2006 a total of 97,123 cardiac surgical procedures (ICD and pacemakers procedures excluded) have been collected in this registry. More than 9.6 % of the patients were older than 80 years compared to 8.4 % in 2005. Hospital mortality in 51,273 isolated CABG procedures (10.1 % off-pump) was 3.1 %. In 20,028 isolated valve procedures a mortality of 4.9 % has been observed. This registry will continue to be an important tool of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery enabling a continuous and voluntary quality assurance and illustrating the development of cardiac surgery in Germany.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany. gummert@med.uni-jena.de
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Gummert
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Funkat
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beckmann
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schiller
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hekmat
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ernst
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krian
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012955:Societies, Medical; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends; D013903:Thoracic Surgery