The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: The Driving Force for Improvement in Cardiac Surgery

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 144-151

  Winkley Shroyer, Annie Laurie ^a,b   Bakaeen, Faisal ^c   Shahian, David M ^d   Carr, Brendan M ^a,b   Prager, Richard L ^e   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^f   Ferraris, Victor ^g   Edwards, Fred ^h   Grover, Frederick L ^a,i  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Database; Medical audit; Risk assessment; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DATA BASE; GOLD STANDARD; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RELIABILITY; SURGERY; THORAX SURGERY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BENCHMARKING; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; THORACIC SURGERY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84949727670     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: 15329488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2015.07.007     Document Type: Article

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