Our center uses the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Congenital Heart Surgeons Database to ensure our outcomes meet the highest of quality care. We use these results to guide our work and keep us on track. Our program constantly evaluates and improves so you can feel confident in the excellent care your child receives.
In 2024, our program had a 97.3% survival rate for pediatric and congenital heart surgeries, which means we’re able to help kids with heart conditions recover successfully and go on to lead healthy lives. This is just one of the ways we show our commitment to providing the best care for your child, and we’re always working to make this number even better.
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STS – Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Complexity Stratified Operations (STAT) Outcomes: Complexity stratification is a tool for grouping many different operations into groups according to mortality risk. The groupings are called STAT (The Society of Thoracic Surgeons-European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery) categories and range 1-5 with 1 being associated with the lowest mortality risk and 5 the highest mortality risk. Some examples of common operations in each category are as follows. Please contact you or your child’s congenital cardiologist or cardiac surgeon with questions regarding STAT categories.
STAT Category 1 - Atrial septal defect repair, ventricular septal defect repair
STAT Category 2 - Bi-directional Glenn, Fontan, coarctation of the aorta repair, tetralogy of Fallot repair
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STAT Category 3 - Atrioventricular canal repair, arterial switch operation, Rastelli procedure, conduit placement
STAT Category 4 - Interrupted Aortic Arch repair, truncus arteriosus repair, modified Blalock-Taussig shunt procedures, pulmonary artery banding
STAT Category 5 - Norwood procedure, Damus-Kaye-Stansel procedure