title: Editorial comment: Welcome (bienvenida, bienvenue, willkommen, pryzwitanie, accoglienza, welkom) to the new EACTS cardiac surgery database.
authors.forename: Keith A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Horvath
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D012042:Registries; D012955:Societies, Medical; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures
keywords: Database; European cardiac surgery; Outcomes