Surgical Treatment for Heart Failure (EP Video)

Association of Center Volume with Outcomes: Analysis of Verified Data of European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Congenital Database

This study seeks to quantify the relationship between surgical volume and surgical performance defined as the relation between outcome and Society of Thoracic Surgeons-European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Congenital Heart Surgery (STAT) Mortality Score and The Society of ThoracicSurgeons (STS) Morbidity Score.

An Open Randomized Controlled Trial of Median Sternotomy Versus Anterolateral Left Thoracotomy on Morbidity and Health Care Resource Use in Patients Having Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: The Sternotomy Versus Thoracotomy (STET) trial

Our objective was to compare off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery carried out via a left anterolateral thoracotomy (ThoraCAB) or via a conventional median sternotomy (OPCAB).