Original Article Congenital heart surgery outcome analysis: Indian experience

Background: The study aimed to analyze the outcome of congenital heart surgery in a subset of Indian patients, using the Aristotle Basic Complexity score, the Risk Adjustment for Congenital Heart Surgery categories, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery mortality categories. Patients and methods: 1312 patients <18 years of age undergoing congenital heart surgery were assigned the 3 scores and studied for outcome indices of difficulty (cardiopulmonary bypass time or duration of surgery>120 min), morbidity (intensive care unit stay>7 days), and mortality