Surgery for congenital heart disease in Europe 1995

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery : Official Journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
J L Monro

Abstract

An attempt was made to find out how many operations were performed in Europe in 1995 for congenital heart disease. Representatives from the 20 most active European countries which could supply reliable information were contacted. They were asked to contact all surgeons performing significant numbers of operations for congenital heart disease in their country. The numbers of operations on children under and over 1 year operated on with and without cardiopulmonary bypass were collected. No attempt was made to collect more detailed information such as operative mortality as it was felt that many surgeons would be reluctant to give their results and the data would be incomplete. A total of 27,976 operations were recorded, of which 20,318 were performed with cardiopulmonary bypass and 7658 without. The total population of the 20 European countries was 448 million and the mean number of operations performed with cardiopulmonary bypass per million was 45.4. However, the rate varied from 9.1 to 70.1. The percentage of operations on cardiopulmonary bypass performed in the first year of life varied from 9.4% to 44.4%. The total of nearly 28,000 operations in 1995 is probably an underestimate, but it has been difficult to collect this dat...Continue Reading

Citations

Mar 11, 2004·Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health·R N JustoP G Pohlner
Jun 27, 2013·World Journal for Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery·Juan Calderón-ColmeneroSamuel Ramírez-Marroquín
Oct 26, 2010·The Annals of Thoracic Surgery·Raluca Ionescu-IttuAriane J Marelli

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