title: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2017 Update on Outcomes and Quality.
abstract: Established in 1989, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database is one of the most comprehensive clinical data registries in health care. It is widely regarded as the gold standard for benchmarking risk-adjusted outcomes in cardiac surgery and is the foundation for all quality measurement and improvement activities of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. This is the second in a series of annual reports that summarizes current aggregate national outcomes in cardiac surgery and reviews database-related activities in the areas of quality measurement and performance improvement during the past year.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts. Electronic address: richard.s.d'agostino@lahey.org.
authors.forename: Richard S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: D'Agostino
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland and Johns Hopkins All Children's Heart Institute, All Children's Hospital and Florida Hospital for Children, St. Petersburg, Tampa, and Orlando, Florida.
authors.forename: Jeffrey P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
authors.forename: Vinay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Badhwar
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paone
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
authors.forename: J Scott
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Rankin
authors.affiliation: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Jane M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida.
authors.forename: Fred H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Center for Quality and Safety, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Shahian
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D058996:Quality Improvement; D012042:Registries; D012955:Societies, Medical; D066231:Surgeons / Q000592:standards*; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States