Analysis of >100,000 Cardiovascular Surgeries Performed at the Heart Institute and a New Era of Outcomes.
Omar Asdrúbal Vilca MejiaLuiz Augusto Ferreira LisboaLuiz Fernando CaneoElisandra Trevisan AritaCarlos Manuel de Almeida BrandãoRicardo Ribeiro DiasRoberto CostaMarcelo Biscegli JatenePablo Maria Alberto PomerantzeffLuís Alberto Oliveira DallanFabio Biscegli JatenePublished in: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia (2020)
In spite of a recent trend towards increased surgical volume, there was a significant decrease in operative mortality in the groups studied. After the implementation of the CQI program, the mortality rates were closer to international standards.