title: Cardiac surgery in Germany during 2008. A report on behalf of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
abstract: All cardiac surgical procedures performed in 79 German cardiac surgical units throughout the year 2008 are illustrated in this report, based on a voluntary registry which is organized by the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. In 2008 a total of 99 176 cardiac surgical procedures (ICD and pacemakers procedures excluded) have been collected. More than 10.3 % of the patients were older than 80 years compared to 9.8 % in 2007. Hospital mortality in 47 337 isolated CABG procedures (11.3 % off-pump) was 2.8 %. In 22 243 isolated valve procedures a mortality of 4.7 % has been observed. This voluntary registry of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery continues to be an important tool enabling quality control and illustrating the development of cardiac surgery in Germany.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, HDZ NRW, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. jgummert@hdz-nrw.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: Haverich
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012042:Registries; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult