The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2022 Update on Outcomes and Research

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Congenital Heart Surgery Database continues to be one of the most comprehensive clinical outcomes registries capturing almost all pediatric cardiothoracic surgical operations undertaken in the United States. The latest analysis of aggregate outcomes was perform...

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Published inThe Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 115; no. 4; pp. 807 - 819
Main Authors Kumar, S. Ram, Gaynor, J. William, Jones, Leigh Ann, Krohn, Carole, Mayer, John E., Nathan, Meena, O’Brien, James E., Pizarro, Christian, Wellnitz, Chasity, Nelson, Jennifer S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.04.2023
Subjects
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Child
Databases, Factual
Heart Defects, Congenital - surgery
Humans
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Societies, Medical
Surgeons
Thoracic Surgery
United States
United States
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Summary:The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Congenital Heart Surgery Database continues to be one of the most comprehensive clinical outcomes registries capturing almost all pediatric cardiothoracic surgical operations undertaken in the United States. The latest analysis of aggregate outcomes was performed after the 33rd data harvest and included congenital and pediatric cardiac operations performed between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2021. This article summarizes these contemporary outcomes and provides a context for the interpretation of these outcomes. In addition this article describes ongoing efforts to improve data collection and augment analytical approaches. Finally, research activities undertaken in the last year using data from the database are also summarized.
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ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.12.040