Brazilian Registry of Cardiovascular Surgery in Adults Fully Operational

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery The Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular (SBCCV ) has taken great pleasure and pride in announcing that the Brazilian Registry of Cardiovascular Surgery in Adults (The Bypass Registry) is currently fully operational and the inclusion has exceeded 1500 patients in the first nine months of operation. This success is the aftermath of the serious, diligent and willful work of the Brazilian cardiovascular surgeons involved in the project. The establishment of the Brazilian Registry of Cardiovascular Surgery in Adults sets a long-standing need for fundamental understanding of the real figures for the country pertaining to the cardiovascular surgery practice and as a result to develop strategies for improvements in quality and excellence. The Project is an enterprise of the SBCCV along with the HCor Research Institute and aims to document the practice of cardiovascular surgeries throughout the national territory, in centers of all Brazilian states, including public (university and nonuniversity) and private hospitals. Surgical procedures included in the registry encompass coronary artery bypass surgery, valve surgery, aortic surgery, atrial fibrillation procedures, heart transplantation, mechanical circulatory support, and congenital heart defects in adults. With the SBCCV increasingly being introduced to the international community of cardiovascular surgery and being recognized, steps still need to be traversed in order to reach the quality standards of first world countries. EDITORIAL