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<strong>KCE</strong> Reports 113 Volume Outcome 153<br />

OUTCOME<br />

In this <strong>KCE</strong> study, in-hospital mortality was 4.7% overall: 3.5% after isolated CABG,<br />

5.6% after isolated heart valve interv<strong>en</strong>tion, and 8.6% after combined interv<strong>en</strong>tion. The<br />

or<strong>de</strong>r of magnitu<strong>de</strong> of these rates can be compared to the in-hospital mortality (or<br />

<strong>op</strong>erative mortality, <strong>de</strong>fined as in-hospital or within 30 days after <strong>op</strong>eration) published<br />

by the studies summarized in Table 6.25. Differ<strong>en</strong>ces in rates can be indicative of<br />

differ<strong>en</strong>ces in pati<strong>en</strong>t p<strong>op</strong>ulation and procedure selection (isolated CABG or CABG and<br />

combined interv<strong>en</strong>tion).<br />

Table 6.25: CABG with/without heart valve repairs or replacem<strong>en</strong>ts:<br />

Comparison of Volume-Outcome <strong>KCE</strong> study with primary studies<br />

Study Year of Type of procedure Mortality Age<br />

Male pati<strong>en</strong>ts<br />

interv<strong>en</strong><br />

rate (mean or (%)<br />

-tions<br />

median)<br />

Volume 2004 Isolated CABG 3.5% 68 years (for 69.4%<br />

Outcome<br />

Isolated heart valve 5.6% all<br />

(for all<br />

study <strong>KCE</strong> Combination 8.6% procedures) procedures)<br />

Hannah 271<br />

and Wu 273<br />

1997- Isolated CABG 2.2% - -<br />

1999<br />

Peterson 272 2000-<br />

2001<br />

Isolated CABG 2.7% 66 years 70.7-72.1%<br />

Christian 93 1999-<br />

2000<br />

Isolated CABG 3.9% 65.5 years 71%<br />

Carey 269 1997- Isolated CABG 3.0% - -<br />

1999 Isolated heart valve 5.0%<br />

Combination 9.2%<br />

Birkmeyer 115,<br />

1994- Isolated CABG From 4.8%<br />

64.6-65.1%<br />

116<br />

1999<br />

to 6.1%<br />

Gammie 274 2000-<br />

2003<br />

Isolated Heart valve 2.12%<br />

Ricciardi 275 2003 CABG (isolated and<br />

combined)<br />

3.3% 67.5%<br />

PATIENT CASE MIX<br />

The age of pati<strong>en</strong>ts (mean age is 68 years old) and 69.4% of them are male. This is<br />

comparable to studies <strong>de</strong>scribed in literature (see Table 6.25).<br />

However, the perc<strong>en</strong>t of pati<strong>en</strong>ts with a Charlson score ≥ 3, as <strong>de</strong>scribed by Birkmeyer<br />

and Ricciardi, does not correspond at all to our data. Birkmeyer and Ricciardi <strong>de</strong>scribe<br />

that, respectively, 10 and 7% of pati<strong>en</strong>ts in their study had a Charlson score ≥ 3.<br />

115, 116, 275<br />

This is not at all comparable to the 25% of pati<strong>en</strong>ts in our study. This might be<br />

explained by the fact that in the studies of Birkmeyer, the Charlson Score exclu<strong>de</strong>d<br />

conditions that “were likely to reflect either the primary indication for surgery or<br />

post<strong>op</strong>erative complications”. The authors also explored two alternative approaches to<br />

incorporating coexisting conditions in their risk adjustm<strong>en</strong>t mo<strong>de</strong>l, and reported that<br />

the three approaches gave virtually id<strong>en</strong>tical results. In our analyses, wh<strong>en</strong> principal<br />

diagnoses were not tak<strong>en</strong> into account in the calculation of the Charlson score, the<br />

perc<strong>en</strong>t of pati<strong>en</strong>ts with AMI (ICD-9 410 or 411) was still 22%. This can indicate some<br />

overcoding in the co morbidities in the MCD.<br />

No other clinical predictors of CABG mortality, such as those <strong>de</strong>scribed by Hannan<br />

were available in our analysis (e.g. a lower ejection fraction, rec<strong>en</strong>t myocardial<br />

infarction, left main artery diseases, compromised hemodynamic state, previous <strong>op</strong><strong>en</strong><br />

heart <strong>op</strong>eration). 271<br />

It has to be acknowledged that the Charlson score is not the most appr<strong>op</strong>riate risk<br />

score for risk adjustm<strong>en</strong>t. For the prediction of mortality after cardiac surgery, the<br />

Society of Thoracic Surgeons mortality risk score (STS) and the Eur<strong>op</strong>ean System for<br />

Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) scoring system are the two most<br />

frequ<strong>en</strong>tly used risk profile systems. 276

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