Rethinking failure to rescue in cardiac surgery

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2026 Jul 3:S0022-5223(26)01134-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.06.016. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Hanghang Wang¹, James S Gammie²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md. Electronic address: hwang210@jhmi.edu.
² Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.

PMID: 42398638
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.06.016

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiac surgery; failure to rescue; postoperative complications; quality metrics; surgical outcomes; survivorship bias.

Publication types

Editorial