STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2021 Update on Outcomes, Quality, and Research

Michael E Bowdish; Richard S D'Agostino; Vinod H Thourani; Thomas A Schwann; Carole Krohn; Nimesh Desai; David M Shahian; Felix G Fernandez; Vinay Badhwar

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.03.043

STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2021 Update on Outcomes, Quality, and Research

Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Jun;111(6):1770-1780. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.03.043. Epub 2021 Mar 29.

Authors

Michael E Bowdish¹, Richard S D'Agostino², Vinod H Thourani³, Thomas A Schwann⁴, Carole Krohn⁵, Nimesh Desai⁶, David M Shahian⁷, Felix G Fernandez⁸, Vinay Badhwar⁹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: michael.bowdish@med.usc.edu.
² Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts; Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Marcus Valve Center, Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁴ Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate, Springfield, Massachusetts.
⁵ The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.
⁶ Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁷ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery and Center for Quality and Safety, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁸ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁹ Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.

PMID: 33794156
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.03.043

Abstract

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database is the most mature and comprehensive cardiac surgery database. It has been the foundation for quality measurement and improvement activities in cardiac surgery, facilitated the generation of accurate risk adjusted performance benchmarks and serves as a platform for novel research. Recent enhancements have added to the database's functionality, ease of use, and value to multiple stakeholders. This report is the sixth in a series of annual reports that provide updated volumes, outcomes, database-related developments, quality improvement initiatives, and research summaries using the Adult Cardiac Surgery Database in the past year.

MeSH terms

Aged
Biomedical Research
Cardiac Surgical Procedures* / standards
Databases, Factual
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Quality of Health Care
Thoracic Surgery*
Treatment Outcome