ABSTRACT
The Spanish Society of Cardiovascular & Endovascular Surgery presents the 2012-2021 report of the activity in congenital cardiovascular surgery, based on a voluntary and anonymous registration involving most of Spanish centres. This article is complementary to the 2021 cardiovascular surgery annual report, and they are published together. In 2021, still marked by the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the decline in our 2020 congenital activity persists, compared with previous years. We included data from the previous 10 years, in order to obtain real information related to our activity with these relatively scarce pathologies. In the last decade, a total of 20,139 congenital heart surgeries were performed, accounting for 9.5% of all major surgery (congenital + acquired) performed in Spain during that period. Of these surgeries, 81.5% of them required extracorporeal circulation and 18.5% not. We highlight the interventions in neonates and adult patients, which mean respectively 18% and 21% of our whole activity and are a real challenge. The most prevalent congenital heart pathologies operated on were: septal defects in cases requiring extracorporeal circulation, and ductus in patients without extracorporeal circulation. The presented data are adjusted to the basic Aristotle score of preoperative surgical risk. The observed mortality of surgeries with extracorporeal circulation was 3.07% (Aristotle: 6.29), and without cardiopulmonary bypass 2.25% (Aristotle: 4.82). Our national registry of surgical activity in congenital heart disease shows good results, allows us to compare ourselves within a national and international framework, design improvement strategies, set objectives and improve the quality of our actions.Copyright © 2023 Sociedad Espanola de Cirugia Cardiovascular y Endovascular
ABSTRACT
The Spanish Society of Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery (SECCE) reports the results of the 2020 registry of the surgical activity in our country. This year represents the 33rd consecutive year in which this report is published. The participation in this registry is anonymous and voluntary, and it is based on the analysis of the information gathered from 60 centers with activity in cardiovascular surgery in our country, and the confidentiality of the individual data of each center is warranted. It is certainly an important issue in which COVID-19 impact on cardiac surgical activity is analysed. The registry reports the global activity in our country, the observed mortality and the estimated mortality risk, stratified in different types of procedures. In 2020, 27.017 interventions were performed, with 17.880 of major heart surgery. Among these, 16.271 procedures were adult cardiac surgery and 1.609 of congenital heart surgery. Congenital heart surgery and cardiac transplant registries are specifically analysed in their corresponding reports. Among the 17.311 procedures of acquired major cardiac surgery, isolated valve surgery was predominant (6.766 procedures), followed by coronary by-pass surgery (4.239), aorta surgery (1.902). TAVI procedures were performed in 502 cases. Coronary surgery showed a 11% decrease in activity. The information derived from this national registry allows to know the state-of-the-art of the surgical specialty in our country, through the knowledge of the surgical activity, the risk profile and the observed results, which is a keystone for an adequate evaluation of the quality of the health care that we deliver to the patients affected with cardiovascular pathologies. Risk adjusted mortality seems adequately adjusted, though important local differences are observed.
ABSTRACT
The Spanish Society of Cardiovascular & Endovascular Surgery presents the 2012-2020 report of the activity in congenital cardiovascular surgery, based on a voluntary and anonymous registration involving the most of Spanish centres. This article is complementary to the 2020 cardiovascular surgery annual report, and they are published together. In 2020, seriously damaged by the COVID-19 pandemic related to all sanitary fields, we observe a 14% drop in our congenital activity compared with 2019. Data from the previous 9 years are included, in order to obtain real information related to our activity in these relatively scarce pathologies. In the last nine years, a total of 18526 congenital heart surgeries were performed, accounting for 9.6% of major surgery (congenital + acquired) performed in Spain during that period. Of these surgeries, 81% of them required extracorporeal circulation and 19% not. We highlight the interventions in neonates and adult patients, which represent respectively 19% and 21% of the whole activity and are a real challenge. The most prevalent congenital heart pathologies operated on were septal defects in cases requiring extracorporeal circulation, and ductus in patients not requiring extracorporeal circulation. The presented data are adjusted to the basic Aristotle score of preoperative surgical risk. The observed mortality of surgeries with extracorporeal circulation was 3.1% (Aristotle-6.48), and without cardiopulmonary bypass 2.41% (Aristotle-4.81). This data analysis shows accurate and reliable information about our surgery for congenital heart disease and allow us to compare ourselves within an international framework, and to organize strategies directed to improve our results.