BMJ  2004;329 (9 October), doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7470.0-b

Paediatric cardiac surgeons are getting better

Mortality for paediatric cardiac surgery in the United Kingdom has declined over the past decade. Analysing more than 6500 paediatric operations, Aylin and colleagues (p 825) found that mortality for all centres fell from 12% in 1991-5 to 4% in 1999-2002. At Bristol, mortality for open heart operations in children aged under 1 year fell from 29% to 3%, below the national average; Oxford continues to have a higher mortality than average, not affected by adjustment for procedure.

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