Table 1:

Characteristics of Italian congenital cardiac surgery centres

Hospital	Type	2019 cases	ICU beds	Ward beds	Surgeons	Anaesthetists
1	M	446	8	40	4	5
2	M	192	4	7	2	4
3	M	186	10	10	3	7
4	M	208	3	8	2	3
5	M	302	3	6	3	6
6	P	200	5	10	5	8
7	M	334	5	24	5	4
8	M	221	7	26	4	9
9	M	260	4	19	5	6
10	P	600	16	32	9	18
11	M	67	1	2	2	0
12	M	300	7	12	5	9
13	M	46	4	10	4	0
14	P	164	4	12	3	6
TOT		3526	81	218	56	85

ICU: intensive care unit; M: mixed (adult and paediatric); P: paediatric.