The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2018 Update on Outcomes and Quality

Richard S D'Agostino; Jeffrey P Jacobs; Vinay Badhwar; Felix G Fernandez; Gaetano Paone; David W Wormuth; David M Shahian

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.10.035

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2018 Update on Outcomes and Quality

Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Jan;105(1):15-23. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.10.035.

Authors

Richard S D'Agostino¹, Jeffrey P Jacobs², Vinay Badhwar³, Felix G Fernandez⁴, Gaetano Paone⁵, David W Wormuth⁶, David M Shahian⁷

Affiliations

¹ Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: richard.s.d'agostino@lahey.org.
² 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.
³ Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
⁴ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁵ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.
⁶ Department of Surgery, St. Joseph's Hospital, Syracuse, New York.
⁷ Department of Surgery and Center for Quality and Safety, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 29233331
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.10.035

Abstract

Through nearly 3 decades of iterative refinement, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database has evolved into one of the most comprehensive and respected clinical data registries in health care. It is a widely acknowledged exemplar for accurately benchmarking risk-adjusted outcomes in cardiac surgery and underpins all quality measurement and improvement activities of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. This is the latest in a series of annual reports that outlines current national aggregate outcomes and volume trends in cardiac surgery and summarizes database-related work in quality measurement and performance improvement during the past year.

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / statistics & numerical data*
Databases, Factual*
Humans
Quality Improvement*
Societies, Medical*
Thoracic Surgery*
United States