title: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database: "What's Past Is Prologue".
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Center for Quality and Safety, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: dshahian@partners.org.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Shahian
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000639:trends*; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000639:trends*; D066231:Surgeons / Q000639:trends*; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States