1. Relationship among surgical volume, repair quality, and perioperative outcomes for repair of mitral insufficiency in a mitral valve reference center.
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Weiner MM, Hofer I, Lin HM, Castillo JG, Adams DH, and Fischer GW
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- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cardiac Output, Low etiology, Cardiac Surgical Procedures adverse effects, Cardiac Surgical Procedures mortality, Cardiopulmonary Bypass standards, Female, Hospital Mortality, Humans, Learning Curve, Length of Stay, Male, Middle Aged, Mitral Valve physiopathology, Mitral Valve Insufficiency diagnosis, Mitral Valve Insufficiency mortality, Mitral Valve Insufficiency physiopathology, New York City, Operative Time, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, Cardiac Surgical Procedures standards, Hospitals standards, Mitral Valve surgery, Mitral Valve Insufficiency surgery, Quality Indicators, Health Care standards
- Abstract
Objective: Although it has been demonstrated that the repair rates and quality of the repair of mitral insufficiency are superior in mitral valve reference centers, it has not been studied whether an advantage exists for perioperative morbidity and mortality. We report 1 surgeon's evolution over 7 years, specifically considering the changes in perioperative morbidity and mortality., Methods: We performed a retrospective review of 1054 patients who had undergone elective, day-of-surgery-admission mitral valve repair by a single surgeon (D.H.A.) at our institution from April 2005 to June 2012. The outcome variables studied were operative mortality (30-day or in-hospital mortality, if longer), length of stay, low cardiac output state after cardiopulmonary bypass, and major morbidity., Results: The overall operative mortality was 0.58%. Of the 1054 patients, 31% developed a low cardiac output state postoperatively and 6.52% experienced at least 1 of the composite morbidity events. Increased aortic crossclamp times were significantly and independently associated with a low cardiac output state, length of stay, and morbidity. When divided by service year, a statistically and clinically significant decrease was found in the aortic crossclamp time, despite an increase in the complexity of cases. The morbidity decreased concurrently with the decreases in crossclamp times., Conclusions: As the number of mitral valve repairs performed each year by a single surgeon at a single institution increased, morbidity, including postoperative heart function and length of stay, decreased. This was demonstrated to occur in large part from a reduction in the aortic crossclamp times, despite an increase in the complexity of the procedures. This further demonstrates the value of reference centers for mitral valve surgery., (Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2014
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