title: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2016 Update on Research.
abstract: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database (STS CHSD) is the largest congenital and pediatric cardiac surgical clinical data registry in the world. With more than 400,000 total operations from nearly all centers performing pediatric and congenital heart operations in North America, the STS CHSD is an unparalleled platform for clinical investigation, outcomes research, and quality improvement activities in this subspecialty. In 2015, several major original publications reported analyses of data in the CHSD pertaining to specific diagnostic and procedural groups, age-defined cohorts, or the entire population of patients in the database. Additional publications reported the most recent development, evaluation, and application of metrics for quality measurement and reporting of pediatric and congenital heart operation outcomes. This use of the STS CHSD for outcomes research and for quality measurement continues to expand as database participation and the available wealth of data in it continue to grow. This article reviews outcomes research and quality improvement articles published in 2015 based on STS CHSD data.
authors: Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: marshall.jacobs@comcast.net.
authors: Marshall L
authors: ML
authors: Jacobs
authors: Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland; Johns Hopkins All Children's Heart Institute, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital and Florida Hospital for Children, St. Petersburg, Tampa, and Orlando, Florida.
authors: Jeffrey P
authors: JP
authors: Jacobs
authors: Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
authors: Sara K
authors: SK
authors: Pasquali
authors: Duke University School of Medicine and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors: Kevin D
authors: KD
authors: Hill
authors: Duke University School of Medicine and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors: Christoph
authors: C
authors: Hornik
authors: Duke University School of Medicine and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors: Sean M
authors: SM
authors: O'Brien
authors: Department of Surgery and Center for Quality and Safety, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors: David M
authors: DM
authors: Shahian
authors: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Research Center, Chicago, Illinois.
authors: Robert H
authors: RH
authors: Habib
authors: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida.
authors: Fred H
authors: FH
authors: Edwards
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D059446:Heterotaxy Syndrome / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000601:surgery; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D012955:Societies, Medical; D066231:Surgeons; D013903:Thoracic Surgery