title: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 cardiac surgery risk models: introduction.
authors: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA. dshahian@partners.org
authors: David M
authors: DM
authors: Shahian
authors: Fred H
authors: FH
authors: Edwards
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D026683:Advisory Committees; D000465:Algorithms; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D015233:Models, Statistical; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020379:Risk Adjustment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012955:Societies, Medical; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends