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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015; 63(04): e1
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1565257
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Cardiac Surgery in Germany during 2014: A Report on Behalf of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Andreas Beckmann
1   German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus, Berlin, Germany
,
Anne-Kathrin Funkat
2   Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Germany
,
Jana Lewandowski
1   German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus, Berlin, Germany
,
Michael Frie
3   FOM Hochschule fuer Oekonomie & Management, Essen, Germany
,
Markus Ernst
4   Clinic for Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Kiel, Kiel, Germany
,
Khosro Hekmat
5   Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany
,
Wolfgang Schiller
6   Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
,
Jan F. Gummert
7   Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
,
Joachim Thomas Cremer
4   Clinic for Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Address for correspondence

Dr. med. Andreas Beckmann
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Thorax-, Herz- und Gefäßchirurgie [DGTHG]
Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus, Luisenstr. 58-59, 10117 Berlin
Germany   
Email: gf@dgthg.de

Publication History

Publication Date:
23 November 2015 (online)

 
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Correction to:

Cardiac Surgery in Germany during 2014: A Report on Behalf of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryThorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015; 63(04): 258-269
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1551676

    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 in the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, published online May 26, 2015 (DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1551676). The correct [Table V1] appears below.

    This is in addition to the 1st Erratum published online on June 11, 2015 (DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1556566).

    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 value)

    9,184

    386

    4.2

    Transcatheter access (double value)

    10

    1

    10.0

    Not specified

    97

    8

    8.2

    Total

    31,359

    1,384

    4.4

    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.



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    Address for correspondence

    Dr. med. Andreas Beckmann
    Deutsche Gesellschaft für Thorax-, Herz- und Gefäßchirurgie [DGTHG]
    Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus, Luisenstr. 58-59, 10117 Berlin
    Germany   
    Email: gf@dgthg.de


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