Center-level CABG and valve operative outcomes and volume-outcome relationships in New York State. 2021

Cornell Brooks, and Makoto Mori, and Michael Shang, and Gabe Weininger, and Sameer Raul, and Pranammya Dey, and Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, and Arnar Geirsson
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

BACKGROUND We analyzed center-level outcome correlations between valve surgery and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) in New York (NY) State and how volume-outcome effect differ between case types. METHODS We used the 2014-2016 NY cardiac surgery outcomes report. Center-level observed to-expected (observed-to-expected ratio [O/E]) ratio for operative mortality provided risk-adjusted operative outcomes for isolated CABG and valve operations. Correlation coefficient characterized the concordance in center-level outcomes in CABG and valve. Discordant outcomes were defined as having O/E ratio greater than 2 in one operation type with O/E ratio ≤1 in another. Linearized slope of volume-outcome effect in case types offered insights into centers with discordant performances between procedures. RESULTS Among 37 NY centers, annual center volumes were 220 ± 120 cases for CABG and 190 ± 178 cases for valve operations. Modest center-level correlation between CABG and valve O/E ratio was shown (R2  = 0.31). Two centers had discordant performance between valve and CABG (O/E ≤ 1 for CABG while O/E > 2 for valve procedures). No centers had CABG O/E ratio greater than 2 while valve O/E ratio ≤1. Linearized slope describing volume-outcome effects showed stronger effect in valve operations compared to CABG: O/E ratio declined 0.1 units per 100 CABG volume increase, while O/E ratio declined 0.33 units per 100 valve volume increase. CONCLUSIONS In NY hospitals, favorable valve outcomes may indicate good CABG outcomes but good CABG outcomes may not ensure valve outcomes. Outcome variation in valve operation could be related to stronger volume-outcome effect in valve operations relative to CABG. Valve operations may benefit from regionalization.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009518 New York State bounded on the north by Lake Ontario and Canada, on the east by Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, on the south by the Atlantic Ocean, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and on the west by Pennsylvania, Lake Erie, and Canada.
D006348 Cardiac Surgical Procedures Surgery performed on the heart. Cardiac Surgical Procedure,Heart Surgical Procedure,Heart Surgical Procedures,Procedure, Cardiac Surgical,Procedure, Heart Surgical,Procedures, Cardiac Surgical,Procedures, Heart Surgical,Surgical Procedure, Cardiac,Surgical Procedure, Heart,Surgical Procedures, Cardiac,Surgical Procedures, Heart
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001026 Coronary Artery Bypass Surgical therapy of ischemic coronary artery disease achieved by grafting a section of saphenous vein, internal mammary artery, or other substitute between the aorta and the obstructed coronary artery distal to the obstructive lesion. Aortocoronary Bypass,Bypass, Coronary Artery,Bypass Surgery, Coronary Artery,Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery,Aortocoronary Bypasses,Artery Bypass, Coronary,Artery Bypasses, Coronary,Bypass, Aortocoronary,Bypasses, Aortocoronary,Bypasses, Coronary Artery,Coronary Artery Bypasses

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