HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Personal Folders Download to citation manager Permission Requests Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Unger, F. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Unger, F.

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 10, 120-128, Copyright © 1996 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

ARTICLES

Open heart surgery in Europe 1993

F Unger
Institute for Cardiac Survey, European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Salzburg, Austria.

Since 1990 the Institute of Cardiac Survey has compiled data on open heart surgery. In 1993 247,943 operations were performed. Subsets have been performed as follows: 61.9%: 153,670 of the operations were on the coronaries (CABG), 22.8%: 56,574 for valve replacement, 9.7%: 24,174 for congenital lesions, 2.5%: 6,308 other operations, 1.9%: 4,689 aortic aneurysms, 1.0%: 2,528 for heart replacement. 1993 was the first year that the data for direct surgery on the aorta (ascending, descending) in dissection or aneurysm were collected effectively. This subset was 1.9%, e.g. 4,689, of the total number. The increasing rate of open heart surgery in Europe was 8.3%, whereby the highest increasing rate could be observed in CABG.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				R. Saginur, D. Croteau, and M. G. Bergeron Comparative efficacy of teicoplanin and cefazolin for cardiac operation prophylaxis in 3027 patients J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., December 1, 2000; 120(6): 1120 - 1130. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				H. F. Berg, W. G.B. Brands, T. R. van Geldorp, M. F.Q. Kluytmans-VandenBergh, and J. A.J.W. Kluytmans Comparison between closed drainage techniques for the treatment of postoperative mediastinitis Ann. Thorac. Surg., September 1, 2000; 70(3): 924 - 929. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				F. Roques, S.A.M. Nashef, P. Michel, P. Pinna Pintor, M. David, E. Baudet, and The EuroSCORE Study Group Does EuroSCORE work in individual European countries? Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg., July 1, 2000; 18(1): 27 - 30. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J.L. Monro Surgery for congenital heart disease in Europe 1995 Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg., May 1, 1999; 13(5): 500 - 503. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]