The German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovasular Surgery has informed the Editor-in-Chief that there is a mistake in [Table V1] in the above article published in Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015; 63(4): 258–269 (DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1551676). The correct [Table V1] appears below.
Table V1
Isolated valve procedures (categories)
|
Procedures
|
N
|
Deaths
|
%
|
|
Single
|
18,408
|
625
|
3.4
|
|
Double
|
3,288
|
314
|
9.5
|
|
Triple
|
372
|
50
|
13.4
|
|
Transcatheter access (single valve)
|
9,184
|
386
|
4.2
|
|
Transcatheter access (double valve)
|
10
|
1
|
10.0
|
|
Not specified
|
97
|
8
|
8.2
|
|
Total
|
31,359
|
998
|
3.2
|
Notes: Combined procedures (with coronary artery bypass grafting, aortic surgery) are excluded.
Transcatheter valve procedures: 8,631 aortic valve implantations; 91 mitral valve implantations; 457 mitral valve repairs; 3 tricuspid valve implantations; 2 tricuspidal valve repairs; 10 combined procedures, aortic and mitral valve procedure; no pulmonary valve implantation.
