Report

This EACTS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Report is an analysis of over one million patients records, from 29 countries, and 366 hospitals, in Europe and China (including Hong Kong). The report includes analyses of patient characteristics, the type of surgery, operative risk factors and post-operative outcomes, including in-hospital mortality and length-of-stay. The report analyses the pooled data to show trends over time and compared the incidence of risk factors and outcomes between countries.

This report represents one of the largest clinically driven international benchmarking reports ever produced. It is testament to the professional societies representing cardiac surgery in these countries, along with the hospitals and surgeons involved, that data from so many patients have been collected in cardiac surgical registries.

The report demonstrates a widespread culture amongst cardiac surgeons of a willingness to become involved in active clinical benchmarking to improve the quality of care they deliver for patients. It also contains some fascinating findings, with major variation between countries in almost every risk factor and outcome analysed.