Out-of-Hospital 30-day Deaths Following Cardiac Surgery Are Often Under-reported.
CONCLUSIONS: Operative mortality following cardiac surgery is often under-reported due to a considerable percentage of out-of-hospital cardiac surgery deaths that are missed by reporting centers. This can adversely impact the assessment of hospital risk-adjusted mortality in public reports.
PMID: 31715155 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Hannan EL, Samadashvili Z, Cozzens K, Chikwe J, Adams DH, Sundt TM, Girardi L, Smith CR, Lahey SJ, Gold JP, Wechsler A, Jordan D, Ashraf MH, Kurlansky PA Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research