Minor Data Request Application (FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES)

Current Minor Data Request Application
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Minor data requests (MDRs) are intended to assist investigators as they prepare for full scientific proposal submissions by testing the feasibility of their hypotheses. If you are seeking data for non-research/internal quality improvement purposes, please use the MDR for Quality Improvement. Minor Data Requests for Quality Improvement submitted through this page will not be considered.

STS National Database Participant ID:

5-digit number corresponding to the affiliated participant investigator in the Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (ACSD), General Thoracic Surgery Database (GTSD), or Congenital Heart Surgery Database (CHSD); or the 4 letter Code in case of Intermacs/Pedimacs database participants. The STS ND ID provided must correspond to the specialty database requesting data; e.g. General Thoracic Surgery Database requests should provide an ID corresponding to the GTSD.

Principal Investigator First Name:

Principal Investigator Middle Name:

Principal Investigator Last Name:

Principal Investigator E-mail:

Principal Investigator Telephone Number:

Co-Investigators:

Corresponding contact name:

Contact Title:

Contact E-mail:

Confirm Contact E-mail:

Contact Telephone Number:

Participant's Hospital/Surgical Group:

Principal Investigator's Organization:

Principal Investigator's Address 1:

Address 2:

City/Town:

State/Province:

Zip/Postal Code:

Database to be used:

Select Database:

Adult Cardiac Surgery Database

General Thoracic Surgery Database

Congenital Heart Surgery Database

Intermacs Database

Pedimacs Database

Project Title:

How will this data be used (i.e. for what purpose)?

Note: These data requests are intended to assist investigators in preparation for full scientific proposal submissions by testing the feasibility of their hypotheses. These requests cannot be used for quality improvement purposes, external presentation or publication in a journal.

What is your research question?

Example: "I am reviewing National results for AVR and need to have cases stratified into isolated AVR; AVR + MVR; AVR + CABG; AVR + MVR + CABG."

What is the background or rationale for the research question?

Example: "To demonstrate the progressive change of surgeon preference between mechanical and bioprosthetic aortic valves."

Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria:

Please provide a detailed description of inclusion and exclusion criteria for your study cohort of interest (mandatory).
Example: "Patients having aortic valve replacement surgery."

Time Frame needed:

State Date:

End Date:

Relevant STS variables:

Please provide a specific list of all relevant STS National Database Variables needed to fulfill this MDR (shell tables). Further information on variables in each database can be found here.

Adult Cardiac: Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Data Collection
General Thoracic: STS General Thoracic Surgery Database
Congenital Heart: STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database
Intermacs:
- Intermacs Users Guide
- De-identified Intermacs Data Set
Pedimacs:
- Pedimacs Users Guide
- De-identified Pedimacs Data Set

Requests that do not provide a list of relevant variable tables, shell tables, and detailed inclusion/exclusion criteria will not be considered.

STS Variable list Upload:

One file only.
10 MB limit.
Allowed types: pdf, doc, docx, xlsx, xls.

To enhance the likelihood of your Minor Data Request's approval by the respective Access and Publications (A&P) Review Committee Chair, please upload a separate summary of the request. Summaries should be brief and must include preliminary aims and shell table(s).

Request Summary Upload:

One file only.
10 MB limit.
Allowed types: pdf, doc, docx, xlsx, xls.

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