Objectives To explore changes over time in the 30-day mortality rate for paediatric cardiac
surgery and to understand the role of attendant changes in the case mix. Methods, setting …

OBJECTIVE: The study objective was to develop a risk model incorporating diagnostic
information to adjust for case-mix severity during routine monitoring of outcomes for pediatric …

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 When considering early survival rates after pediatric cardiac surgery it is
essential to adjust for risk linked to case complexity. An important but previously less well …

Objective Given excellent 30-day survival for pediatric cardiac surgery, other outcome
measures are important. We aimed to study important early postoperative morbidities …

Background—Surgical treatment of congenital cardiac defects in Finland started> 60 years
ago. We analyzed the survival of all the pediatric cardiac surgery patients operated on …

Background We sought to compare overall mortality with neonatal outcomes over a five year
period to define risk factors for mortality and service development priorities. Methods A …

BACKGROUND: After utilizing separate congenital databases in the early 1990s, the Society
of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery …

Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the timing of the first cardiac surgery,
the number of cardiac surgeries performed, and 30‐day postoperative mortality rate for …

Objectives To analyse simple national statistics and survival data collected in the central
cardiac audit database after treatment for congenital heart disease and to provide long term …