Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009; 57(6): 315-323
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1185915
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Cardiac Surgery in Germany during 2008. A Report on Behalf of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

J. F. Gummert1 , A. Funkat2 , A. Beckmann3 , W. Schiller4 , K. Hekmat1 , M. Ernst5 , A. Haverich6
  • 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, HDZ NRW, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
  • 2Department of Cardiac Surgery, Herzzentrum, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
  • 3German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus, Berlin, Germany
  • 4Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
  • 5Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
  • 6Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplant and Vascular Surgery, Medical School Hannover, HAnnover, Germany
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Publication History

received June 22, 2009

Publication Date:
25 August 2009 (online)

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Abstract

All cardiac surgical procedures performed in 79 German cardiac surgical units throughout the year 2008 are illustrated in this report, based on a voluntary registry which is organized by the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. In 2008 a total of 99 176 cardiac surgical procedures (ICD and pacemakers procedures excluded) have been collected. More than 10.3 % of the patients were older than 80 years compared to 9.8 % in 2007. Hospital mortality in 47 337 isolated CABG procedures (11.3 % off-pump) was 2.8 %. In 22 243 isolated valve procedures a mortality of 4.7 % has been observed. This voluntary registry of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery continues to be an important tool enabling quality control and illustrating the development of cardiac surgery in Germany.

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Prof. Dr. med. Jan F. Gummert

HDZ NRW
Klinik für Thorax- und Kardiovaskularchirurgie
Ruhr – Universität Bochum

Georgstr. 11

32545 Bad Oeynhausen

Germany

Phone: + 49 57 31 97 13 31

Fax: + 49 57 31 97 18 20

Email: jgummert@hdz-nrw.de