title: Cardiac Surgery in Germany during 2014: A Report on Behalf of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
abstract: Based on a voluntary registry of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (GSTCVS), data of all heart surgery procedures performed in 78 German cardiac surgical units during the year 2014 are presented. In 2014, a total of 100,398 cardiac surgical procedures (implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and pacemaker procedures excluded) were submitted to the registry. More than 14.2% of the patients were older than 80 years, describing an increase of 0.4% compared with the previous year. The unadjusted in-hospital mortality for 40,006 isolated coronary artery bypass grafting procedures (84.7% on-pump, 15.3% off-pump) was 2.6%. In 31,359 isolated valve procedures (including 9,194 catheter-based procedures), an in-hospital mortality of 4.4% was observed. This annual updated registry of the GSTCVS is published since 1989. It is an important tool for quality assurance and voluntary public reporting by illustrating current standards and actual developments for nearly all cardiac surgical procedures in Germany.
authors.affiliation: German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beckmann
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Anne-Kathrin
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Funkat
authors.affiliation: German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lewandowski
authors.affiliation: FOM Hochschule fuer Oekonomie & Management, Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frie
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ernst
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany.
authors.forename: Khosro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hekmat
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schiller
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
authors.forename: Jan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Gummert
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: Joachim Thomas
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Cremer
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* / Q000639:trends; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D012042:Registries; D012307:Risk Factors; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult