Cardiology Letters 2021, 30(3):192-200

Adult cardiac surgery report 2020: The first annual report from the Slovak cardiac surgery registry - National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bratislava

Hulman M, Bezák B, Gašparovič I, Hudec V, Glonek I, Beňa M, Jurčo R, Kiss M, Jančár M, Ondrušek M, Cikrai R, Charchoglhyan R, Domonkos A, Zembery M, Artemiou P Hulman M, Bezak B, Gasparovic I, Hudec V, Glonek I, Bena M, Jurco R, Kiss M, Jancar M, Ondrusek M, Cikrai R, Charchoglhyan R, Domonkos A, Zembery M, Artemiou P

Lekárská fakulta Univerzita Komenského, Národný ústav srdcových a cievnych chorôb, a. s., Klinika srdcovej chirurgie, Bratislava, Slovensko

Introduction: Based on a longtime voluntary registry founded by the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic in 2012, well-defined data of all adult cardiac surgery procedures performed in Slovakia at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases during the year 2020 are analyzed. Material and method: For this period, a total of 1021 procedures were submitted to the registry from the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases.

Results: The unadjusted in-hospital survival rate for the 401 isolated coronary artery bypass grafting procedures including urgent and emergency procedures (relatioship on-/off pump 4.5:1) was 97%. For isolated 306 isolated heart valve procedures (30 transcatheter interventions), it was 96.4%. Concerning ventricular assist devices, 11 implantations were registered. In 2020 the number of isolated heart transplantations increased to 26, a rise of 44.4% compared to the previous year.

Conclusion: This annual registry represents voluntary public reporting by accumulating actual information for nearly all heart procedures in Slovakia, constitutes advancements in heart medicine, and represents a basis for quality management. In addition the registry demonstrates that the provision of cardiac surgery in Slovakia is up to date, appropriate, and fulltime nationwide patient treatment is guaranteed.

Keywords: heart valve surgery; outcomes; coronary artery bypass grafting; aortic surgery; heart transplantation

Published: March 1, 2021  Show citation