title: Reoperations for pediatric and congenital heart disease: an analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) congenital heart surgery database.
abstract: In this descriptive analysis, data in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Congenital Heart Surgery Database pertaining to patients who underwent reoperative cardiac surgery were analyzed. Practice patterns and outcomes are described. Reoperative cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease is common, with one third of index operations in the database occurring subsequent to prior cardiothoracic operation(s) performed on cardiopulmonary bypass. This analysis suggests that a history of previous cardiac surgery does not independently confer a significant incremental risk of operative mortality, but that patients with greater number of previous operations appear to be at higher risk.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: JeffJacobs@msn.com.
authors.forename: Jeffrey P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Constantine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mavroudis
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Quintessenza
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI.
authors.forename: Sara K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Pasquali
authors.affiliation: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.
authors.forename: Kevin D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Luca A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Vricella
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Marshall L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: Joseph A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Dearani
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Duke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cameron
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D012042:Registries; D012086:Reoperation / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012955:Societies, Medical
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