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National Congenital Heart Disease Audit - 2009

Audit
Publication Date:
Geographic Coverage:
United Kingdom
Geographical Granularity:
Country, Hospital Trusts
Date Range:
01 Oct 2006 to 31 Mar 2007

Summary

Congenital heart disease refers to any defect of the heart present from birth. It includes structural defects, congenital arrhythmias, and cardiomyopathies. Approximately eight in every 1,000 babies are born with a heart or circulatory condition.

The national congenital heart disease audit's purpose is to improve availability of outcome data to the profession, healthcare managers, public and other stakeholders following surgery or therapeutic catheterisation for congenital heart disease in children and adults in the United Kingdom (UK).

 

Highlights

  • The number of congenital procedures undertaken in UK centres has grown steadily over the last 7 years. Between April 2000 to March 2007 a total of 52,342 procedures had been performed.

  • Altogether data concerning 31,112 surgical procedures and 21,230 therapeutic cardiac catheterisations has been collected.

  • Overall national survival has remained unchanged in recent years. 30 day survival after procedures for congenital disease is 98.6% and after 1 year 93.7%.

  • Overall survival for surgery after 30 days is 97.74 %, and decreasing to 91.03% at one year. For therapeutic cardiac catheterisation survival at 30 days is 99.38% and decreasing to 97.54 % at one year.

  • The audit is capturing increasing numbers of procedures in adult patients with congenital heart disease.

  • Centre specific data analysis shows the quality of treatment is high throughout the UK.

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