Cardiothoracic & vascular anesthesia
Adding the Missing Link—Integration of Anesthesia and Perfusion Variables into Europe’s Largest Congenital Cardiac Surgery Outcomes Database: Methods and First List of Candidate Variables by an ECHSA-EACTAIC-EBCP Collaboration
Authors' conclusion
This multisocietal collaboration will lead to the most comprehensive approach to patient outcome research in congenital cardiac surgery and Interventional Cardiology in Europe to date.
Study context
- Population
- Congenital cardiac anesthesiologists, surgeons, and perfusionists
Methodological detailsliterature review, survey, panel meetings, multisocietal collaboration, Literature review, survey, and panel meetings by European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association (ECHSA), EACTAIC and EBCP
- Literature review
- Survey
- Panel meetings
- Multisocietal collaboration
- Literature review, survey, and panel meetings by ECHSA, EACTAIC and EBCP
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- First set of anesthesia and perfusion variables identified for a module integrated into the ECHSA-Congenital Cardiac Database, for outcome research in surgical operations and transcatheter interventional cardiology procedures across Europe
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Adding the Missing Link—Integration of Anesthesia and Perfusion Variables into Europe’s Largest Congenital Cardiac Surgery Outcomes Database: Methods and First List of Candidate Variables by an ECHSA-EACTAIC-EBCP Collaboration. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Published 18 March 2026. doi:10.
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