title: Cardiac surgery in Germany during 2011: a report on behalf of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
abstract: All cardiac surgical procedures performed in 78 German cardiac surgical units throughout the year 2011 are presented in this report, based on a voluntary registry which is organized by the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. In 2011, a total of 100,291 cardiac surgical procedures (implantable cardioverter defibrillator and pacemakers procedures excluded) have been collected in this registry. More than 13.4% of the patients were older than 80 years compared with 12.4% in 2010. Hospital mortality in 41,976 isolated coronary artery bypass graft procedures (14.7% off-pump) was 2.9%. In 26,972 isolated valve procedures (including 5,210 catheter-based procedures), an in-hospital mortality of 5.2% has been observed.This voluntary registry of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery will continue to be an important tool enabling quality control and illustrating current facts and the development of cardiac surgery in Germany.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Herzzentrum, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. funkat.ch@herzzentrum-leipzig.de
authors.forename: Anne-Kathrin
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Funkat
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beckmann
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lewandowski
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frie
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schiller
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ernst
authors.forename: Khosro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hekmat
authors.forename: Jan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Gummert
authors.forename: Friedrich-Wilhelm
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Mohr
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012042:Registries; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult