Heart Valve Surgery
Below are our quality measures related to heart valve surgery.
Volume
- Mitral valve surgery: percentage of valves repaired
- Mitral valve surgery: percentage of valves replaced
- Mitral valve replacement: percent using bioprosthetic valves
- Aortic valve replacement: percent using bioprosthetic valves
- Distribution of cardiac surgery procedures
Outcome
- Deaths following aortic valve replacement plus heart bypass surgery (CABG)
- Deaths following mitral valve repair
- Deaths following mitral valve repair plus heart bypass surgery (CABG)
- Deaths following mitral valve replacement
- Deaths following mitral valve replacement plus heart bypass surgery (CABG)
Safe Care
- Atrial fibrillation treated during mitral valve surgery
- Inpatient surgical care: appropriate antibiotic before timely after heart valve surgery
- Inpatient surgical care: timely antibiotic before heart valve surgery
- Inpatient surgical care: antibiotic stopped timely after heart valve surgery
- Inpatient surgical care: management of blood sugar after heart surgery
- Measures of aortic valve replacement care (Leapfrog Group)
Last UpdateNovember 19, 2012