Vital Stats in Adult Cardiac Surgery, Valve Surgery and Aorta Surgery
We share an infographic-style recap of our latest outcome and volume data in these core cardiac surgery areas.
Below we share recent volumes and clinical outcomes from a sampling of centers in Cleveland Clinic’s Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute.
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Over the past 16 years, mortality for adult cardiac surgery cases at Cleveland Clinic has substantially trended downward at the same time that case complexity has increased and volumes have steadily risen.
Cleveland Clinic received the highest Composite Quality Rating (three stars) for the following procedures in the most recent Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Adult Cardiac Surgery Database report (for the three-year period ending in June 2022):
(vs. 1.3% STS predicted mortality)
(vs. 2.7% STS predicted mortality)
(no predicted rate available)
(vs. 3.8% STS predicted mortality)
(no predicted rate available)
(no predicted rate available)
Cleveland Clinic’s Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute has a long-established tradition of reporting volume and outcomes data across its various subspecialty areas. For more information like the data reported above, visit clevelandclinic.org/hvtioutcomes and clevelandclinic.org/e15.