Our performance

With one of the UK’s biggest and most successful cardiac teams, Barts and The London Heart Centre consistently features among the country’s top performers.

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Low mortality rates

Barts and The London Heart Centre has one of the lowest mortality rates in the country for cardiac surgery. In 2004/05, the mortality rates were as follows:

	Our figures	National average (taken from Society for Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons 2004 / 05)
All cardiac surgery	2.33%	3.3%
Index cases (isolated first time coronary artery bypass grafts)	1.48%	1.8%
Isolated aortic valve replacements	2.61%	Not available
Valve only surgery	3.6%	3.7%

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Low MRSA rates

Barts and The London has consistently had one of the lowest rates of MRSA of any of the acute specialist trusts in London. The acquired MRSA rate is 0.18 cases per 1000 bed days, using the standard Department of Health measurement. For further information about how we protect patients against MRSA, click here.

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Fast access

Waiting times for heart procedures at Barts and The London Heart Centre are below the national targets of three months for coronary artery bypass grafts and revascularisation procedures, and six months for all other procedures (cardiology and surgery).

The latest waiting time information is as follows;

CABG (Bypass), average waiting time – 2 months

Angioplasty, average waiting time – 1 month

Heart valve surgery, average waiting time – 3 to 4 months

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Number of procedures performed by the Heart Centre in 2004/05

1,650	Coronary bypass and valve operations
6,250	Cardiac procedures, including 2,800 angiograms
3,150	Angioplasties (percutaneous interventions)
580	Pacemakers fitted
350	Cardiothoracic surgical procedures
320	Electrophysiology and ablation procedures
200	Implantable cardioverter defibrillations