The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2016 Update on Research.
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Database (ACSD) is an international voluntary effort that is the foundation of our specialty's efforts in clinical performance assessment and quality improvement. Containing nearly 6,000,000 patient records, the ACSD is a robust resource for clinical research. Seven major original publications and four review articles were generated from the ACSD in 2015. The risk-adjusted outcome analyses and quality measures reported in these studies have made substantial contributions to inform daily clinical practice. This report summarizes the ACSD-based research efforts published in 2015.
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia. Electronic address: vinay.badhwar@wvumedicine.org.
Vinay
V
Badhwar
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
J Scott
JS
Rankin
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins All Children's Heart Institute, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital and Florida Hospital for Children, Saint Petersburg, Tampa, and Orlando, Florida; Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Jeffrey P
JP
Jacobs
Department of Surgery and Center for Quality and Safety, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
David M
DM
Shahian
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Research Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Robert H
RH
Habib
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts.
Richard S
RS
D'Agostino
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Vinod H
VH
Thourani
Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
Rakesh M
RM
Suri
Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Richard L
RL
Prager
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida.
Fred H
FH
Edwards
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