 Hospital readmissions contribute significantly to healthcare costs whilst compromising the quality of care 9, 10. As a result strategies directed at reducing 30-day adverse outcomes and readmissions have focussed on the identification of predictors of readmission and their management 11-16. The risk factors identified older age and co-morbidities which are prevalent among patients undergoing cardiac surgery in the current era; an even stronger reason to re-examine the long-standing outpatient follow-up practice. 