The World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery: 2024 Update of the World Database for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

James D. St Louis, Craig S. Collum, John K. Pennington, Taylor Broser, Rama Rudraraju, Maceo Cleggett, Jeanne Anne Love, Patricia Potter, Brian Bateson, Ignacio Juaneda, Jorge Luis Cervantes, Cheul Lee, Jeffery P. Jacobs, Erle H. Austin, James K. Kirklin

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Abstract

Background: The World Database for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery (WDPCHS), sponsored by the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery (WSPCHS), provides complex congenital heart surgery outcomes analyses for member programs. This report represents the seven-year descriptive analysis of outcomes from active members of the WDPCHS. Methods: Individual institutions submit data based on the specific procedure via a password protected platform. The data are collected, stored, and analyzed at Kirklin Solutions Inc., based in Birmingham, Alabama. This report presents a descriptive analysis of these procedures submitted from January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2023. Results: A total of 50,174 procedures were submitted with an overall mortality of 4.6%. The majority of submissions were from Asian countries. The majority of cases submitted from these countries were of STAT mortality category I and II. Repair of a ventricular septal defect (with a mortality of 0.8%) and correction of tetralogy of Fallot (2.0% mortality) were the most common procedures submitted to the database. Conclusions: The WSPCHS accomplished one of its missions in 2017 when the WDPCHS began accepting data from pediatric and congenital heart surgery programs across the globe. In doing so, it became one of the first organizations to create a platform for the exchange of knowledge and experience, regardless of the socioeconomic status of the particular program or country.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)551-561
Number of pages11
JournalWorld Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
Volume15
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2024

Keywords

  • database (all types)
  • morbidity
  • mortality
  • statistics
  • survival analysis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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