Current Penetration, Completeness, and Representativeness of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database

CONCLUSIONS: Linkage of STS and CMS databases demonstrates high and increasing penetration and completeness of STS ACSD. STS ACSD now includes 97% of CABG in USA.PMID:34153294 | DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.04.107

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - June 21, 2021 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Jeffrey P Jacobs David M Shahian Maria Grau-Sepulveda Sean M O'Brien Eric Y Pruitt Jordan P Bloom James R Edgerton Paul A Kurlansky Robert H Habib Mark S Antman Joseph C Cleveland Felix G Fernandez Vinod H Thourani Vinay Badhwar Source Type: research