title: Assessment of survival in retrospective studies: The Social Security Death Index is not adequate for estimation.
authors.affiliation: Aortic Institute at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn; Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peterss
authors.affiliation: Aortic Institute at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn; Department of Internal Medicine, Rutgers/Saint Peters University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ.
authors.forename: Paris
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Charilaou
authors.affiliation: Aortic Institute at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn; Department of Surgical Diseases #2, Kazan State Medical University, Kazan, Russia.
authors.forename: Bulat A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Ziganshin
authors.affiliation: Aortic Institute at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. Electronic address: john.elefteriades@yale.edu.
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Elefteriades
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality*; D000068598:Data Accuracy; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012943:Social Security; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome