Cardiac Surgery Database

Cardiac Surgery Database

In 2001 the Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS), together with the Victorian Department of Health developed a program to collect data on, cardiac (heart) surgery in Victorian hospitals.  The Program has since expanded to include nineteen of twenty-five public Hospitals and six private hospitals Australia-wide. At present, the Program contains over 55,000 records. The program publishes annual reports describing the activities and outcomes of participating units in a comparative, de-identified format.   These reports provide an overview of the patients who underwent surgery, the types of surgery performed, complications and other details relating to risk and the outcomes of cardiac surgery.

The ANZSCTS database is currently the only compilation of Cardiac Surgical procedures and outcomes in Australia and the upcoming inclusion of New Zealand hospitals is indicative of its potential to be expanded internationally.

Publications to date:

• Tran L, Menezes D, Huq M, Billah B, Newcomb A, Shardey GC, Reid CM. ANZSCTS National Report 2009 and 2010, Melbourne VIC, 2011.
• Tran L, Menezes D, Dinh DT, Huq M, Billah B, Newcomb A, Shardey GC, Reid CM. NSW Health Services Report 2009 and 2010, Melbourne VIC, 2011.
• Ariyaratne TV, Billah B, Yap CH, Dinh DT, Smith JA, Shardey GC, Reid CM. An Australian risk prediction model for determining early mortality following aortic valve replacement. Eur J Cardio-thoracic Surg 39:815-821, 2011.
• Dinh DT, Tran L, Chand, V, Newcomb A,  Shardey GC, Billah B, Reid CM. Victorian Annual Report 2009-10, Melbourne VIC, 2010
• Billah B, Reid CM, Shardey GC, Smith JA.  A preoperative risk prediction model for 30-day mortality following cardiac surgery in an Australian cohort.  European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 2010;37:1086-1092.
• Chan W, Clark DJ, Ajani AE, Yap CH, Andrianopoulos N, Brennan AL, Dinh DT, Shardey GC, Smith JA, Reid CM, Duffy SJ. Progress towards a National Cardiac Procedure Database--development of the Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ASCTS) and Melbourne Interventional Group (MIG) registries. Heart Lung Circ. Epub 2010 Nov 3.
• Reid CM, Brennan AL, Dinh DT, Billah B, Costolloe C, Shardey GC, Ajani AE. Measuring safety and quality to improve clinical outcomes - current activities and future directions for the Australian Cardiac Procedures Registry. MJA Supplement, 18 October 2010.
• Dinh DT, Vijayasingham L, Ariyaratne TV, Billah B, Shardey G, Reid CM on behalf of the Australian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons Database Project Steering Committee. ASCTS National Cardiac Surgery Database Project Annual Report 2008-2009. Melbourne VIC 2010.
• Dinh DT, Vijayasingham L, Ariyaratne TV, Billah B, Shardey G, Reid CM on behalf of the Australian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons Database Project Steering Committee. ASCTS NSW Health Services Report 2008-2009. Melbourne VIC 2010.

Refer to the link for information about the CCRE in Therapeutics:

http://www.ccretherapeutics.org.au/information/currentresearch/anzscts.html

Also refer to the latest Victoria cardiac surgery reports

health.Vic.gov surgical performance cardiac-surgery-report 2008-9.pdf

health.Vic.gov.au surgical performance cardiac-surgery-report 2009-10.pdf

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National Steering Committee for the ANZSCTS Database Program are:

 Surgeons:

 Non-surgeons: