Objectives Cardiac surgery has evolved significantly since the turn of the century. The
objective of this study was to investigate trends in cardiac surgery activity and outcomes in …

Doenças cardiovasculares representam a maior carga de morbimortalidade para o sistema
de saúde ea cirurgia cardíaca desempenha importante impacto na sua resolutividade. O …

Background The number of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) is increasing
worldwide and most of them will require cardiac surgery, once or more, during their lifetime …

BACKGROUND: New cardiac surgery programs continue to open across the United States,
and it is not known how new programs deal with potentially low volumes during their start-up …

Background Studies examining the volume-outcome relationship in congenital heart surgery
(CHS) are more than a decade old. Since then, mortality has declined, and case-mix …

Background Studies assessing the association between surgical volume and coronary
artery bypass grafting (CABG) outcomes yielded conflicting results. Given the substantial …

Introduction: Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the most frequently performed heart
surgery in Brazil. Recent international guidelines recommend that national societies …

Hypothesis We hypothesized that the recent reduction in procedure volume for coronary
artery bypass grafting (CABG) has led to an increase in the in-hospital mortality rate. Design …

The quality of data in electronic healthcare databases is a critical component when used for
research and health practice. The aim of the present study was to assess the data quality in …

Cardiac surgery has been available for many years in several developing countries, thanks
to the creativity and hard work of individuals who were able to produce good work in spite of …