Key result
Cardiac surgery in adult patients with congenital heart disease was associated with a 30-day mortality of 1.5% and an overall 17-year survival of 71%.
Population
830 adult patients with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac surgery, mean age 39.3 years, 50.3% male.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
up to 17 years
Authors
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Supports surgery in adult congenital heart disease given low operative mortality; leaves open optimal risk models and generalizability of long-term survival.
Cohort (n=830)
No
Surgery in adult congenital heart disease patients can be performed with low operative mortality, but the EuroSCORE is a poor model for risk assessment in this population.
Putman et al. (2009) conducted a cohort in Adult congenital heart disease (n=830). Cardiac surgery was evaluated on 30-day mortality. Cardiac surgery in adult patients with congenital heart disease was associated with a 30-day mortality of 1.5% and an overall 17-year survival of 71%.
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