Mortality data in adult cardiac surgery for named surgeons: retrospective examination of prospectively collected data on coronary artery surgery and aortic valve replacement

To present named surgeon mortality for isolated first time coronary artery surgery and aortic valve surgery.Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data.All NHS hospitals undertaking adult cardiac surgery in north west England.25 consultant surgeons carrying out coronary artery surgery and aortic valve replacement between April 2001 and March 2004.Mortality for both operations according to surgeon. EuroSCORE to stratify patients into...