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Background Mortality from cardiac surgery is an essential indicator of quality and forms the basis of treatment strategy decisions in eligible patients. No contemporary complete data on unselected adult cardiac surgery patients are available in Germany.Methods and Results A registry was started in June 1997 of all patients referred to surgery from 85 cardiology centres in Germany. The registry was...
BackgroundDirect percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is widely accepted in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction since excellent results had been reported from several small randomized trials. Less favourable results were observed in large-scale registries. In particular, the use of stents in acute myocardial infarction has become common practice without documented evidence...
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