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The number of postoperative surgical or diagnostic procedures following congenital heart surgery correlates with both mortality and hospital length of stay

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Outcomes for congenital heart disease have dramatically improved over the past several decades. However, there are patients who encounter intraoperative or postoperative complications and ultimately do not survive. It was… Click to show full abstract

Outcomes for congenital heart disease have dramatically improved over the past several decades. However, there are patients who encounter intraoperative or postoperative complications and ultimately do not survive. It was our hypothesis that the number of postoperative procedures (including surgical and unplanned diagnostic procedures) would correlate with hospital length of stay and operative mortality.

Keywords: number postoperative; length stay; congenital heart; diagnostic procedures; hospital length

Journal Title: Journal of Cardiac Surgery
Year Published: 2022

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