Volume & Outcomes

The Adult Congenital Heart Program at Stanford has quickly grown to have some of the highest surgical volumes in the country, demonstrating our experience and superior outcomes. The age range of patients who have had surgery ranges from 18 to 70, with the median age being 30.

Adult Congenital Heart Surgery Volume

2011-2014 Total Procedures: 208

Heart Surgery Volume Chart

Surgery Mortality Rates by Procedure

The morality rates below reflect selected adult congenital heart surgeries performed from 2011-2014 at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. During this time, we had a 0.4% mortality rate. The 30-day mortality rates represent the percentage of patients who were alive 30 days after the surgery was performed, whether they were still in the hospital or not.

Heart Survival Rate Graph