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.
Keywords
cardiac surgery - outcome - registry - heart valve surgery - congenital heart disease
- aortic surgery
