Adding the missing link – Integration of Anesthesia and Perfusion Variables into Europe´s largest Congenital Cardiac Surgery Outcomes Database – Methods and First List of Candidate Variables by an ECHSA – EACTAIC – EBCP Collaboration

Objectives:Numerous databases exist in the field of cardiac surgery across Europe, but none of them combine the entire captured data of all clinical specialties involved in the care process of patients, including anesthesia and perfusion.To fill this gap the European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association (ECHSA) and the European Association for Cardiovascular Anesthesiology and Intensive Care (EACTAIC) along with the European Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion (EBCP) propose to build a database module for Anesthesia and Perfusion data collected during congenital cardiac surgery and interventional procedures and coupling these data within the existing largest congenital cardiac surgery Database in Europe -the ECHSA Congenital Cardiac Database (ECHSA-CCDB).This report will review the state of the development of this database module to date and proposes an initial set of variables for collection.The report also outlines the methodology to be followed for the final selection of variables and sets a course for the start of data collection.The scope of procedures to be captures includes pediatric cardiac surgery operations with or without cardiopulmonary bypass and interventional cardiology procedures.