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Christopher A Caldarone¹, Peter C Laussen²

¹Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual

|May 17, 2025

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Congenital heart surgery programs with 75-200 cases annually can achieve excellent outcomes. Understanding their unique challenges and advantages is key to improving care nationwide.

Keywords:

Congenital heart surgery Outcomes Program volume Quality Size

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Health Services Research

Background:

Higher surgical volume in congenital heart surgery is often linked to better patient outcomes.
Volume-based guidelines have been proposed for US programs, focusing on those with 75-200 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) index cases annually.
This has led to misperceptions that lower-volume centers provide inferior care.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine the specific attributes, advantages, and challenges of congenital heart surgery programs operating within the 75-200 annual case volume range.
To explore the determinants of high and low performance within this specific volume stratum.
To inform strategies for improving congenital heart surgery care delivery in the United States.

Main Methods:

Descriptive analysis of programs performing 75-200 STS index cases annually.
Examination of inherent factors influencing performance in this volume range.
Hypothesis generation regarding performance determinants.

Main Results:

Some programs within the 75-200 case volume range consistently achieve superior clinical outcomes.
The specific advantages and challenges unique to this program size have not been extensively studied.
Understanding these factors is crucial for optimizing care delivery.

Conclusions:

Programs performing 75-200 congenital heart surgeries annually can be high-quality centers.
Further investigation into the factors driving performance in this volume range is warranted.
This understanding can significantly impact the delivery of congenital heart surgery care across the US.