Cardiac surgery in Assiut University Hospital : ten years experience

الملخص EN

Patients n irVi cardiac lesions admittedfor cardiac operations (* 'losed or open) at Cardio thoracic Surgery Department ofAssiut University Hospital from January 1990 to January 2000 included retrospectively in this study They were 1131 patients (694 open and 437 closed); 4$$ males (43%) and 643 females (57%) and their age ranged from 4 months to 44 years (mean 29.4years).

The patients were diagnosed and fully investigated for elective surgery.

There was progressive increax m the number patient* with open surgery from 1996 (22patterns/ to 1999 (122patients), but the reverse *as with closed xahmlar surgery from 1990(24 patients', to 1999 ftumc).

The

'Ihc improvement extend to the postoperative morbidity andmortality (early mdlate).

The difference was highly significant with aT- J3.8Q3 andP