Clinical results
MORTALITY
Since the opening of the Salam Centre in April 2007, operative mortality has been calculated as 30-days mortality, i.e. the number of deaths from any related cause within 30 days from surgery.
| SURGICAL MORTALITY | |
| Number of patients | 4,093 |
| Number of deaths | 113 (2.88%) |
| Cause of death | |
| Low Output Syndrome | 54 |
| Pulmonary Hypertension | 10 |
| Ischemic / Haemorragic Stroke | 5 |
| Multiple Organ Failure | 24 |
| Haemorragic Shock | 7 |
| Technical failure | 5 |
| Ventricular Arrhythmia | 4 |
| Myocardial Infarction | 2 |
| Massive Thrombo Embolism | 1 |
| ARDS | 2 |
| Cardiac Failure | 1 |
| Others | 3 |
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CATH LAB MORTALITY |
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| Number of patients | 1,058 |
| Number of deaths | 3 (0.28%) |
| Cause of death | |
| Low Output Syndrome | 2 |
| Acute Respiratory Failure | 1 |
FOLLOW UP (complete follow up until September 2008)
| 6 MONTHS FOLLOW UP Patients operated between April 2007 and March 2008 |
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| Number of patients | 383 (85.9% of the total) |
| Alive | 375 (97.9%) |
| Dead | 8 (2.1%) |
| ONE YEAR FOLLOW UP Patients operated between April 2007 and September 2007 |
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| Number of patients | 151 (76.3% of the total) |
| Alive | 145 (96%) |
| Dead | 6 (4%) |