TY - JOUR
T1 - The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database 2018 Annual Report
AU - Jacobs, Jeffrey P.
AU - Shahian, David M.
AU - D'Agostino, Richard S.
AU - Mayer, John E.
AU - Kozower, Benjamin D.
AU - Badhwar, Vinay
AU - Thourani, Vinod H.
AU - Jacobs, Marshall L.
AU - Gaissert, Henning A.
AU - Fernandez, Felix G.
AU - Naunheim, Keith S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) National Database was established in 1989 as an initiative for quality improvement and patient safety among cardiothoracic surgeons. As of January 1, 2018, the STS National Database has four components, each focusing on a different area of cardiothoracic surgery—adult cardiac surgery, general thoracic surgery, and congenital heart surgery, as well as mechanical circulatory support through the STS Intermacs Database. In December 2015, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery began publishing a monthly series of scholarly articles on outcomes analysis, quality improvement, and patient safety. As part of that series, this article provides an annual summary of the status of the STS National Database as of October 2018 and provides a synopsis of related articles that appeared in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2018 series entitled: “Outcomes Analysis, Quality Improvement, and Patient Safety”.
AB - The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) National Database was established in 1989 as an initiative for quality improvement and patient safety among cardiothoracic surgeons. As of January 1, 2018, the STS National Database has four components, each focusing on a different area of cardiothoracic surgery—adult cardiac surgery, general thoracic surgery, and congenital heart surgery, as well as mechanical circulatory support through the STS Intermacs Database. In December 2015, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery began publishing a monthly series of scholarly articles on outcomes analysis, quality improvement, and patient safety. As part of that series, this article provides an annual summary of the status of the STS National Database as of October 2018 and provides a synopsis of related articles that appeared in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2018 series entitled: “Outcomes Analysis, Quality Improvement, and Patient Safety”.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.10.001
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.10.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 30326235
AN - SCOPUS:85056596402
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 106
SP - 1603
EP - 1611
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 6
ER -