Cleveland Clinic Children's Outcomes
Pediatric & Adult Congenital Heart Center
Pediatric & Adult Congenital Heart Center
Cleveland Clinic Children's participates in public reporting of our outcomes as posted on the Society of Thoracic Surgeons’ (STS) website. STS updates outcomes data for congenital heart surgery only once yearly, after the Spring data analysis is completed. In the last published Fall 2020 Harvest Report of the STS Congenital Cardiac Surgery Database, Cleveland Clinic and Cleveland Clinic Children’s overall observed-to-expected ratio (O/E) for the 4-year reporting period July 2016-June 2020 was 0.83 with an adjusted mortality rate of 2.21%, compared with 2.67%, the STS aggregated centers’ adjusted mortality rate. The lower than expected mortality is the result of the outstanding teamwork and collaboration of Cleveland Clinic's Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute.
Pediatric & Adult Congenital Heart Center: Annual Volumes
2019 - 2022
Pediatric & Adult Congenital Cardiac Cases: Volume
2022, N = 648
Source: STS Congenital Heart Surgery Data Base
Pediatric & Adult Congenital Heart Center: Operative Mortality
2019 - 2022
Source: STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database and STS Mortality date form Risk-Adjusted Report for 1/1/2019 - 12/31/2022
Pediatric & Adult Congenital Heart Center: STS Benchmark Procedures Performed
2019 - 2022
STS = Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Source: STS Congenital Heart Surgery Data Base
ᵃCoartaction repair operation type does not include Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB)
Pediatric & Adult Congenital Heart Center: Volume and Unadjusted Mortality for Benchmark Procedures
2019 - 2022
VSD = ventricular septal defect; TOF = tetralogy of Fallot; AVC = atrioventricular canal defect; Coarc = coarctation of the aorta
Source: Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database 1/1/2019 - 12/31/2022
Mortality per STAT Category
2019 - 2021
STS = Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Sources: Cleveland Clinic STS Congestive Heart Surgery Data Base. STS Mortality date is sourced from the Risk-Adjusted Dashboard Report for 7/1/2017 - 6/30/2021.
The STAT (The Society of Thoracic Surgeons-European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery) score is a tool designed to analyze the risk for mortality associated with congenital heart surgery procedures. STAT 1 to STAT 5 indicates transition from least complex (STAT 1) to most complex (STAT 5) congenital cardiac surgical procedures.
Risk-Adjusted Observed to Expected Operative Mortality by STAT Category
July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2020
Source: Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Congenital Heart Surgery Database: Table 16, October 2021, Period ending 6/30/2020.
STAT 1 to STAT 5 indicates transition from least complex (STAT 1) to most complex (STAT 5) congenital cardiac surgical procedures.
