Cardiac Surgery in Germany during 2014: A Report on Behalf of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

The German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovasular Surgery has informed the Editor-in-Chief that there is a mistake in [Table V1] in the above article in the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, published online May 26, 2015 (DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1551676). The correct [Table V1] appears below.

This is in addition to the 1st Erratum published online on June 11, 2015 (DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1556566).

Table V1 Isolated valve procedures (categories)

Procedures	N	Deaths	%
Single	18,408	625	3.4
Double	3,288	314	9.5
Triple	372	50	13.4
Transcatheter access (single value)	9,184	386	4.2
Transcatheter access (double value)	10	1	10.0
Not specified	97	8	8.2
Total	31,359	1,384	4.4

Notes: Combined procedures (with coronary artery bypass grafting, aortic surgery) are excluded.

Transcatheter valve procedures: 8,631 aortic valve implantations; 91 mitral valve implantations; 457 mitral valve repairs; 3 tricuspid valve implantations; 2 tricuspidal valve repairs; 10 combined procedures, aortic and mitral valve procedure; no pulmonary valve implantation.

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