This page provides information about rates of survival after two different types of heart operation carried out in the UK between April 2006 and March 2007. Information about rates of survival for individual hospitals can be found by selecting the hospital on the map at the side of each operation. You can also find further information about each operation, including what happens during the operation and what to expect afterwards, by clicking on the operation name.
Heart bypass operations (also called coronary artery bypass graft or CABG)
It bypasses blockages or narrowings in the coronary arteries (the arteries that feed the heart muscle)
Patients who have angina from blocked or narrowed coronary arteries, or patients who don't have angina, but have other blockages which may be dangerous
Statistics calculated from patients being treated for the first time.Factors such as ill health, increased age and lifestyle can affect a patient's chance of surviving a major operation. When we calculate the expected rates of survival we take these risk factors into account. Find out more about how expected rates of survival are calculated.
Click on a hospital below to see their rates of survival for heart bypass (CABG) operations
The rate of survival for heart bypass surgery in the UK is as good as or better than rates of survival in other developed countries. In the USA, the rate of survival for heart bypass surgery in 2006 was 97.9%.
Aortic valve replacement operations (also called: AVR)
It takes away the aortic valve and replaces it with a new valve made either from animal tissue or from metal and carbon (mechanical).
Patients who are troubled by leaky or narrowed aortic valves or patients who look like they will be seriously troubled by their aortic valve in the near future
Statistics calculated from patients being treated for the first time.Factors such as ill health, increased age and lifestyle can affect a patient’s chance of surviving a major operation. When we calculate the expected rates of survival we take these risk factors into account. Find out more about how expected rates of survival are calculated.
Click on a hospital below to see their rates of survival for aortic valve replacement operations
The survival rate for aortic valve replacement operations in the UK is as good as or better than rates of survival in other developed countries. In the USA, the rate of survival for aortic valve replacement operations in 2006 was 97.0%.
All kinds of heart surgery
Statistics calculated from patients having all kinds of heart surgery.The expected rates of survival tell you what percentage of people should survive this operation. To find out how ranges for expected rates of survival ranges are calculated, go to about this site.
Click on a hospital below to see their rates of survival for all kinds of cardiac surgery
The rate of survival for all heart surgery in the UK is as good as or better than rates of survival in other developed countries.