Children's Heart
Main ContentChildren's Heart Center Quality Data
The Children's Heart Center measures outcomes based on data collected by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Shown are the center's latest volumes and outcomes from 2017-2019.
Cardiac Catheterization |
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Interventional/Diagnostic | 261 | 180 | 275 |
| Electrophysiology | 106 | 105 | 120 |
Total Surgery Cases |
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB) | 153 | 140 | 178 |
| Non-CPB | 107 | 95 | 39 |
Surgical STS Data |
| Benchmark Procedure | Number of Eligible Cases | Deaths | CHC Operative Mortality | STS Operative Mortality* | CHC LOS**
(mean) | STS LOS**
(mean) |
| Arterial Switch | 9 | 0 | 0.0% | 2.2% | 13.2 | 18.7 |
| Arterial Switch + VSD | 5 | 1 | 20% | 5.2% | 9.8 | 23.3 |
| Glenn | 33 | 1 | 3.0% | 1.9% | 19.5 | 15.1 |
| Truncus | 5 | 2 | 40% | 8.2% | 45.2 | 36.2 |
| Off-bypass Coarctation | 21 | 1 | 4.8% | 1.2% | 9.8 | 13.9 |
| Fontan | 26 | 1 | 3.8% | 1.0% | 13.9 | 14.3 |
| Complete AV Canal | 25 | 0 | 0.0% | 2.1% | 13.8 | 18.7 |
| Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) | 38 | 2 | 5.3% | 1.1% | 14.4 | 12.5 |
| VSD | 58 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.5% | 4.4 | 9.9 |
| Norwood | 30 | 7 | 23.3% | 13.6% | 38.0 | 53.0 |
| Overall Operative Survival |
| CHC | STS |
| 4.1% | 2.8% |
* Fall 2019 STS Harvest (procedural data from July 2016-June 2019) ** LOS stands for Length of Stay For complete transparency, Children's Heart Center reports operative mortality as defined by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). These numbers reflect the percentage of patients who die while still hospitalized after surgery or after discharge within 30 post-operative days. This method is the highest standard of mortality reporting. Despite performing even the most complex operations, Children's Heart Center outcomes compare very favorably with those published by STS. |