STRUCTURAL HEART & VALVE DISEASE
STRUCTURAL HEART & VALVE DISEASE
UAB ’ s multidisciplinary structural heart and valve disease team champions the “ heart team ” approach . The team includes cardiac surgeons , interventional cardiologists , and cardiac imaging physicians with expertise in all aspects of valve-related interventions . They are experts in valve disease and treat more patients than any other such program in Alabama , which has helped make UAB Medicine a national leader in caring for its patients .
UAB ’ s comprehensive valve program is staffed by skilled physicians who perform valve repair / replacement using open surgical , robotic , and transcatheter approaches that are tailored to the complexities of each case and designed to deliver the most optimal outcomes . Additionally , valve-sparing aortic root replacements , balloon valvuloplasty , and the Ross procedure are performed as needed .
SURGICAL OUTCOMES The Society of Thoracic Surgeons ( STS ) developed a comprehensive assessment of quality for valve procedures , allowing for benchmark comparisons across participating U . S . institutions . UAB ’ s cardiothoracic surgery program continues to exceed all STS Overall Composite Quality Participant Scores , and has attained three stars , reflecting better than expected outcomes , for three of the four STS valve procedure categories .
STS BENCHMARK PROCEDURE OVERALL COMPOSITE QUALITY SCORE
SURGICAL VALVE PROCEDURES 2018-2020 , N = 3441
STS COMPOSITE QUALITY RATINGS
2018-2020 Overall STS Composite Quality Ratings |
UAB Score |
STS Mean Participant Score |
STS Composite Quality Rating |
AVR
HH
96.43 % 95.62 % As Expected
CABG + AVR
HHH
MVRR
HHH
CABG + MVRR HHH
Surgical Valve Procedures Breakdown 2018-2020 ( N = 3441 )
94.62 % 92.34 %
95.08 % 93.80 %
89.78 % 84.95 %
Better Than Expected
Better Than Expected
Better Than Expected
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