The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Adult Cardiac Database: a continuing commitment to excellence.
Shahian
David M
DM
Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA. dshahian@partners.org
Edwards
Fred
F
Grover
Fred L
FL
Jacobs
Jeffrey P
JP
Wright
Cameron D
CD
Prager
Richard L
RL
Rich
Jeffrey B
JB
Mack
Michael J
MJ
Mathisen
Douglas J
DJ
D000043:Abstracting and Indexing / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057225:Data Mining / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019992:Databases as Topic; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011786:Quality Control; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012042:Registries; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States