Quality metrics in coronary artery bypass grafting

Faiza M Khan; Irbaz Hameed; Milan Milojevic; Matthew Wingo; Katherine Krieger; Leonard N Girardi; Richard L Prager; Mario Gaudino

doi:10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.03.007

Quality metrics in coronary artery bypass grafting

Int J Surg. 2019 May:65:7-12. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.03.007. Epub 2019 Mar 15.

Authors

Faiza M Khan¹, Irbaz Hameed¹, Milan Milojevic², Matthew Wingo¹, Katherine Krieger¹, Leonard N Girardi¹, Richard L Prager³, Mario Gaudino⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, 2040, Netherlands.
³ Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
⁴ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA. Electronic address: mfg9004@med.cornell.edu.

PMID: 30885838
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.03.007

Abstract

Studies on the association between care quality, case volume, and outcomes in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) have concluded that consistent adherence to quality measures improves mortality rates and outcomes. However, the quality metrics are not well-defined, and their significance to surgeons and healthcare providers remains uncertain. We review the concept of "quality and quality metrics" and discuss their importance in the context of CABG.

Keywords: Coronary artery bypass grafting; Measurement; Quality.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Coronary Artery Bypass / standards*
Humans
Quality of Health Care*