Pediatric Congenital Cardiac Surgery in New York State, 1997-1999

APPENDIX 2

Diagnosis Reference Group for 1997-1999 Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Analysis

The following table lists all diagnoses that are part of the reference group for the risk-adjusted analysis. These diagnosis codes are used as a comparison, when describing the signifcance of the diagnoses that are found in Appendix 3. To provide a better understanding of the reference group, included are the total number of cases, total number of deaths, and the observed mortality rate for each of the diagnoses.

Diagnosis Total Cases Total Deaths Observed Mortality Rate
Patent Ductus Arteriosus and Weight >1500 g 245 4 1.63
Atrial Septal Defect, Secundum 549 2 0.36
Atrial Septal Defect, Primum 29 0 0.00
Sinus Venosus Defect 47 0 0.00
Other Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Connection (PAPVC) 20 0 0.00
Atrial Septal Defect and PAPVC 43 0 0.00
Cor Triatrialum 4 0 0.00
Paramembranous Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) 409 3 0.73
Subpulmonary Ventricular Septal Defect 30 0 0.00
Other Single Ventricular Septal Defect 100 2 2.00
Ventricular Septal Defect and Aortic Incompetence 39 0 0.00
Aneurysm of Sinus Valsalva 3 0 0.00
Aortic-Ventricular Tunnel 1 0 0.00
Pulmonary Valve Stenosis 53 0 0.00
Aortopulmonary Window 7 0 0.00
Anomalous Origin of Left Coronary from Pulmonary Artery 22 0 0.00
Aortic Stenosis - Discrete Subvalvular, Tunnel Type 16 0 0.00
Aortic Stenosis - Supravalvular 20 0 0.00
Coarctation of Aorta 198 1 0.51
Vascular Rings and Slings 43 0 0.00
Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries 8 0 0.00
Other Anomalies of Atrial Sinus 4 0 0.00
Total for Reference Group 1890 12 0.63

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