Recently published (2016 – present) manuscripts utilizing STS data: Adult Cardiac Surgery, General Thoracic Surgery, Congenital Heart Surgery, and Intermacs/Pedimacs.
Adult Cardiac Surgery Database
| Lead Author | Title | Publication | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makoto Mori | Comparison of Outcomes Between Low-Risk Aortic Valve Replacement Trials and a Surgical Registry | JAMA Network Open | January 2025 |
| Ashwin Palaniappan | Renal Failure in Type A-Aortic Dissection Repair: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | December 2024 |
| Salman Zaheer | Factors Associated with Permanent Pacemaker Placement After Tricuspid Valve Operations | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | October 2024 |
| Asvin Ganapathi | Impact of Hospital Transfers on Cardiac Surgery Outcomes: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | October 2024 |
| Nimesh Desai | Development of a Novel Society of Thoracic Surgeons Aortic Surgery Mortality and Morbidity Risk Model | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | October 2024 |
| Adin-Cristian Andrei | Machine learning-based prediction of new onset of atrial fibrillation after mitral valve surgery | International Journal of Arrhythmia | October 2024 |
| Sarah Brownlee | Hematocrit and Renal Failure in Aortic Arch Surgery: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Study | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2024 |
| Qiudong Chen | Descending Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repairs - The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2024 |
| Kukbin Choi | Effect of preoperative clopidogrel on outcomes of isolated coronary artery bypass graft | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | July 2024 |
| Carlos Diaz-Castrillon | The burden of major complications on failure to rescue after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection: Analysis of more than 19,000 patients | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | July 2024 |
| James Edgerton | Risk of Transfusion in Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft: Models developed from the STS Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | July 2024 |
| Nicholas Teman | Operating Room Extubation for Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A National STS Database Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | June 2024 |
| Vinod Thourani | Outcomes of Isolated Tricuspid Valve Surgery: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Analysis and Risk Model | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | May 2024 |
| Sherif Khairallah | Trends in the Management of Anterior Mitral Leaflet Regurgitation | JAMA Network Open | April 2024 |
| Michael Bowdish | Cardiac Surgery after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Trends and Outcomes | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | April 2024 |
| Lamia Harik | Intraoperative Anemia Mediates Sex Disparity in Operative Mortality After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | March 2024 |
| Paul Grayburn | Comparison of Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair for Primary Mitral Regurgitation Outcomes to Hospital Volumes of Surgical Mitral Valve Repair | Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions | March 2024 |
| Jacob Raphael | Red Blood Cell Transfusion and Pulmonary Complications: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2024 |
| Joseph Sabik | Multi-Arterial versus Single-Arterial Coronary Surgery: Ten Year Follow-up of One Million Patients | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2024 |
| Motahar Hosseini | Analysis of Anemia, Transfusions and CABG Outcomes in the The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2024 |
| Christopher Mehta | Age-Stratified Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement for Aortic Stenosis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2024 |
| Moritz Wyler von Ballmoos | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2023 Update on Procedure Data and Research | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2023 |
| Adeel Abbasi | Interpretable Machine Learning-Based Predictive Modeling of Patient Outcomes Following Cardiac Surgery | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | November 2023 |
| William Keeling | National Trends in Emergency Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting | European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery | October 2023 |
| Jake Awtry | National Trends in Utilization of Transatrial Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement and Postoperative Outcomes | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | October 2023 |
| Vinod Thourani | Survival Following Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients: A Contemporary Trial Benchmark | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | October 2023 |
| Thomas Schwann | Practice Makes Perfect? Institutional Coronary Artery Bypass Case Volumes and Outcomes | European Journal of Heart Failure | October 2023 |
| Makoto Mori | Robotic Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2023 |
| Carlos Diaz-Castrillion | Volume-Failure to Rescue Relationship in Acute Type A Aortic Dissections: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | August 2023 |
| Sameer Hirji | Benchmarking Outcomes of Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valves | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | July 2023 |
| Thomas Schwann | Long-Term Outcomes and Anticoagulation in Mitral Valve Surgery - A Report from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | June 2023 |
| Takuya Ogami | The Impact of Reoperative Surgery on Aortic Root Replacement in the United States | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | May 2023 |
| Robert Hawkins | Redo Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement After Prior Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement | JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions | April 2023 |
| Shinichi Fukuhara | Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis after Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | April 2023 |
| Mario Gaudino | Operative Outcomes of Women Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery in the US, 2011 to 2020 | JAMA Surgery | March 2023 |
| Kevin Lobdell | Technologic Transformation of Perioperative Cardiac Care and Outcomes | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | March 2023 |
| Angela Lowenstern | Impact of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Availability on Volume and Outcomes of Surgical Repair | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | February 2023 |
| Babatunde Yerokun | Long-term outcomes of aortic root operations in the United States among Medicare beneficiaries | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | February 2023 |
| Emilly MacKay | Predictors of Intraoperative Echocardiography: Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2023 |
| Qiudong Chen | Isolated Tricuspid Operations: Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2023 |
| Karen Kim | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2022 Update on Outcomes and Research | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2023 |
| Amit Lyengar | Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status Independently Predicts Outcomes After Mitral Valve Surgery | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2023 |
| Anubodh Varshney | Bridging Strategies and Cardiac Replacement Outcomes in Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure-Related Cardiogenic Shock | European Journal of Heart Failure | January 2023 |
| Vinay Badhwar | Risk of Surgical Mitral Valve Repair for Primary Mitral Regurgitation | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2023 |
| Siavash Saadat | Multiarterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Practice Patterns in the United States: Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | December 2022 |
| Laurent Glance | Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery | JAMA Network Open | December 2022 |
| Natalia Ivascu Girardi | Incidence and Impact of a Single Red Blood Cell Transfusion: Analysis of the STS Database 2010-2019 | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | December 2022 |
| George Arnaoutakis | Outcomes of acute type A aortic dissection during the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database | Journal of Cardiac Surgery | November 2022 |
| Nadav Rappoport | Volume-Outcome Relationship of Resternotomy Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2022 |
| Thomas Schwann | Peri-operative Anemia and Transfusions and Late Mortality in Coronary Artery Bypass Patients | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2022 |
| Jacob Raphael | Association of Intraoperative Red Blood Cell Transfusions with Venous Thromboembolism and Adverse Outcomes after Cardiac Surgery | Annals of Surgery | October 2022 |
| Michael Mazzeffi | Red Blood Cell Transfusion and Postoperative Infection in Patients Having Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database | Anesthesia & Analgesia | September 2022 |
| Oliver Jawitz | Comparing Consumer-Directed Hospital Rankings With STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Outcomes | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2022 |
| Michael Cain | Reduced Morbidity and Mortality Associated with Minimally-Invasive Single Vessel Coronary Artery Bypass Compared With Conventional Sternotomy | Annals of Surgery | July 2022 |
| Fady Riad | Anticoagulation in new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation: An analysis from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database | Heart Rhythm O2 | June 2022 |
| Kimberly Holst | Impact of Hospital Volume on Outcomes of Septal Myectomy for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | June 2022 |
| Nadav Rappoport | Re-Sternotomy Coronary Artery Bypass 1999-2018: Insights from the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | May 2022 |
| Karthik Ragunathan | Cerebral Oximetry during Adult Cardiac Surgery Is Associated with Improved Postoperative Outcomes | Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia | April 2022 |
| Jonathan Hemli | Transfusion in Root Replacement for Aortic Dissection: The STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | April 2022 |
| John Kelly | Coronary Endarterectomy: Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons' Adult Cardiac Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | March 2022 |
| Emily MacKay | Association of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography and Clinical Outcomes After Open Cardiac Valve or Proximal Aortic Surgery | JAMA Network Open | February 2022 |
| Agni Orfanoudaki | Machine learning models for mitral valve replacement: A comparative analysis with the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Score | Journal of Cardiac Surgery | January 2022 |
| David Shahian | Social Risk Factors in Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Models. Part 2: Empirical Studies in Cardiac Surgery; Risk Model Recommendations | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2022 |
| David Shahian | Social Risk Factors in Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Models. Part 1: Concepts, Indicator Variables, and Controversies | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2022 |
| Arman Kilic | Supplementing Existing Societal Risk Models for Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement With Machine Learning for Improved Prediction | Journal of the American Heart Association | November 2021 |
| Jared Belle | Strategies for Mechanical Right Ventricular Support during Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2021 |
| Curtis Bergquist | Pulmonary Endarterectomy for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: An STS Database Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2021 |
| Laura Seese | Optimal Circulatory Arrest Temperature for Aortic Hemiarch Replacement with Antegrade Brain Perfusion | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | November 2021 |
| Vinod Thourani | Association of Volume and Outcomes in 234,556 Patients Undergoing Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2021 |
| Tyler Wallen | National Outcomes of Elective Hybrid Arch Debranching with Endograft Exclusion versus Total Arch Replacement Procedures: Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database | Aorta (Stamford) | October 2021 |
| Manuel Caceres Polo | Aortic Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | October 2021 |
| Frederick Lombard | Processed EEG Use During Anesthesia and Outcomes: Analysis of the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | October 2021 |
| William Patrick | The learning curve of robotic coronary arterial bypass surgery: A report from the STS Database | Journal of Cardiac Surgery | November 2021 |
| Nirvik Pal | Dexmedetomidine, Delirium, and Adverse Outcomes: Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | December 2021 |
| Alina Nicoara | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2021 Update on Echocardiography | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | September 2021 |
| Oliver Jawitz | Sex Differences in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Techniques: An STS Database Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | July 2021 |
| Tom Nguyen | The effect of COVID-19 on adult cardiac surgery in the United States in 717,103 patients | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | July 2021 |
| Joanna Chikwe | Mitral surgery after transcatheter edge-to-edge repair: Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database analysis | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | July 2021 |
| Michael Bowdish | STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2021 Update on Outcomes, Quality, and Research | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | June 2021 |
| Jeffrey Jacobs | Current penetration, completeness, and representativeness of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | June 2021 |
| Makoto Mori | Toward dynamic risk prediction of outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft: Improving risk prediction with intraoperative events using gradient boosting | Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes | June 2021 |
| Thomas Metkus | Transesophageal echocardiography in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | May 2021 |
| Christopher Ryan | Outcomes of Aortic Valve Replacement for Chronic Aortic Insufficiency: Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | April 2021 |
| Alexander Nissen | Less Invasive Mitral Surgery versus Conventional Sternotomy stratified by Mitral Pathology: Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Databases | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | March 2021 |
| Andrei Churyla | Safety of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation With Isolated Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | March 2021 |
| Ankur Kalra | Off-label Use of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Patients Receiving Surgical Mechanical and Bioprosthetic Heart Valves | JAMA Network Open | March 2021 |
| Arman Kilic | Performance of a Machine Learning Algorithm in Predicting Outcomes of Aortic Valve Replacement | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | February 2021 |
| Shinichi Fukuhara | Surgical Explantation of Transcatheter Aortic Bioprostheses and Concurrent Other Cardiac Procedures | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | February 2021 |
| Victor Nauffal | Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulant vs. Warfarin for Post Cardiac Surgery Atrial Fibrillation | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2021 |
| J. Hunter Mehaffey | Aortic Annular Enlargement in the Elderly: Short and Long-Term Outcomes in the United States | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2021 |
| Shinichi Fukuhara | Surgical Explant of Transcatheter Aortic Bioprosthesis: Results and Clinical Implications from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Database Analysis | Circulation | December 2020 |
| Arnar Geirsson | The Evolving Burden of Drug Use Associated Infective Endocarditis in the United States | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | October 2020 |
| Jonathan Hemli | Transfusion in Elective Aortic Root Replacement: Analysis of the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | October 2020 |
| Zachary Enumah | Persistent Racial and Sex Disparities in Outcomes After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Retrospective Clinical Registry Review in the Drug-eluting Stent Era | Annals of Surgery | October 2020 |
| Vinay Badhwar | Volume-Outcome Association of Mitral Valve Surgery in the United States | JAMA Cardiology | October 2020 |
| Toshinobu Kazui | Short-Term Risk of Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery Grafting in Diabetic Patients | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | September 2020 |
| J. Mark Erfe | Outcomes of Sutureless/Rapid Deployment Valves Compared to Traditional Bioprosthetic Aortic Valves | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | September 2020 |
| J. Mauricio Del Rio | The Adult Cardiac Anesthesiology Section of STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2020 Update on Quality and Outcomes | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | September 2020 |
| Victor Nauffal | Short-Term Outcomes of Transcatheter Versus Isolated Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement for Mediastinal Radiation-Associated Severe Aortic Stenosis | Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions | February 2021 |
| Arman Kilic | Mitral Valve Surgery for Papillary Muscle Rupture: Outcomes in 1,342 Patients from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | December 2020 |
| Makoto Mori | Variations in Anticoagulation Practice Following Bioprosthetic Aortic and Mitral Valve Replacement and Repair | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | November 2020 |
| Ibrahim Sultan | Predictors and Outcomes of Ischemic Stroke After Cardiac Surgery | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2020 |
| Derek Klarin | Does Concomitant Carotid Endarterectomy and Cardiac Surgery Decrease Post-Operative Stroke Rates? | Journal of Vascular Surgery | August 2020 |
| Mehrdad Ghoreishi | Less-Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement: Trends and Outcomes from the STS Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2020 |
| Michael Bowdish | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2020 Update on Outcomes and Research | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | June 2020 |
| Thomas Schwann | Effect of Skeletonization of Bilateral Internal Thoracic Arteries on Deep Sternal Wound Infections | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | June 2020 |
| Oliver Jawitz | Reoperation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: An analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database | JACC Cardiovasc Interv. | June 2020 |
| Arnar Geirsson | The Evolving Burden of Drug Use Associated Infective Endocarditis in the United States | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | May 2020 |
| Jaimin Trivedi | Is the Internal Mammary Artery Graft Beneficial in Emergent Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery? A Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database Analysis | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | April 2020 |
| Oliver Jawitz | Association of Postoperative Complications and Outcomes Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting | American Heart Journal | April 2020 |
| Jason Matos | Anticoagulation and Amiodarone for New Atrial Fibrillation After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Prescription Patterns and 30-day Outcomes in the United States and Canada | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | February 2020 |
| S. Chris Malaisrie | Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation During Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Late Outcomes in a Medicare Population | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | November 2019 |
| Mario Gaudino | Surgeons' Coronary Bypass Practice Patterns in the United States | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | October 2020 |
| Mark Slaughter | Optimum surgical treatment for tricuspid valve infective endocarditis: An analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | November 2019 |
| Sreekanth Vemulapalli | Patient and Hospital Characteristics of Mitral Valve Surgery in the United States | JAMA Cardiology | November 2019 |
| Dan Loberman | Myocardial preservation methods in isolated minimal invasive mitral valve surgery: Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) database outcomes | The Journal of Cardiac Surgery | January 2020 |
| George Arnaoutakis | Longitudinal Outcomes After Surgical Repair of PostInfarction Ventricular Septal Defect in the Medicare Population | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | September 2019 |
| Shinobu Itagaki | Impact of Cerebral Perfusion on Outcomes of Aortic Surgery: STS Adult Cardiac Database Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | September 2019 |
| Ankur Kalra | Aortic Valve Replacement in Bioprosthetic Failure: Insights from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | September 2019 |
| Manuel Caceres Polo | Risk Analysis And Outcomes Of Postoperative Renal Failure Following Aortic Valve Surgery In The Us | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | September 2019 |
| Kan Nawata | First Database Comparison Between the United States and Japan: Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | September 2019 |
| Niv Ad | Surgical Treatment for Stand-Alone Atrial Fibrillation in North America | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2019 |
| Hayley Gershengorn | Association of Overnight Extubation With Outcomes After Cardiac Surgery in the Intensive Care Unit | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2019 |
| J. Hunter Mehaffey | Distressed communities are associated with worse outcomes after coronary artery bypass surgery | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | August 2019 |
| Meghana Helder | Regional and Temporal Trends in the Outcomes of Repairs for Acute Type A Aortic Dissections | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2019 |
| Derrick Tam | Surgical valve selection in the era of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | June 2019 |
| Mehrdad Ghoreishi | Factors associated with acute stroke after type A aortic dissection repair: An analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Adult Cardiac Surgery Database | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | June 2019 |
| Tsuyoshi Kaneko | Characterizing Risks Associated With Mitral Annular Calcification in Mitral Valve Replacement | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | June 2019 |
| Judson Williams | Impact of Microbiological Organism Type on Surgically Managed Endocarditis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | May 2019 |
| Vinod Thourani | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2019 Update on Research | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | May 2019 |
| Tyler Wallen | Elective Aortic Root Replacement in North America: Analysis of STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | May 2019 |
| Thomas Schwann | Bilateral internal thoracic artery versus radial artery multi-arterial bypass grafting: a report from the STS Database | European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery | April 2019 |
| Arman Kilic | Clinical Outcomes of Mitral Valve Reoperations in the United States: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | March 2019 |
| Ryan Hendrix | Mitral valve repair vs replacement in elderly with degenerative disease: Analysis of the STS ACSD | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | March 2019 |
| Lawrence Wei | Contemporary Surgical Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in the United States | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | March 2019 |
| Daniel Friedman | Use of left atrial appendage occlusion among older cardiac surgery patients with preoperative atrial fibrillation: A national cohort study | Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology | February 2019 |
| Zachary Kon | The Incidence and Outcomes of Surgical Pulmonary Embolectomy in North America | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2018 |
| Jeremiah Brown | Utility of Biomarkers to Improve Prediction of Readmission or Mortality After Cardiac Surgery | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2018 |
| J. Scott Rankin | The Impact of Mitral Disease Etiology on Operative Mortality After Mitral Valve Operations | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2018 |
| Alice Wang | Robotic Mitral Valve Repair in Older Individuals: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2018 |
| Mohamad Alaeddine | Aortic clamping strategy and postoperative stroke | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | October 2018 |
| Morgan Cox | Outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with myocardial infarction, cardiogenic shock and unresponsive neurological state: Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database | European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery | October 2018 |
| Makoto Mori | Perioperative Risk Profiles and Volume-Outcome Relationships in Proximal Thoracic Aortic Surgery | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | October 2018 |
| James Gammie | Isolated Mitral Valve Surgery: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | September 2018 |
| John Fallon | The Incidence and Consequence of Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | July 2018 |
| Vinay Badhwar | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2018 Update on Research: Outcomes Analysis, Quality Improvement, and Patient Safety | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | July 2018 |
| S. Chris Malaisrie | Burden of preoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | June 2018 |
| J. Scott Rankin | Associations Between Surgical Ablation and Operative Mortality After Mitral Valve Procedures | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | June 2018 |
| A. Laurie Shroyer | Single- Versus Multicenter Surgeons' Risk-Adjusted Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Procedural Outcomes | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | May 2018 |
| Thomas Schwann | Operative Outcomes of Multiple-Arterial Versus Single-Arterial Coronary Bypass Grafting | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | April 2018 |
| Alexander Brescia | Determinants of Variation in Pneumonia Rates After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | February 2018 |
| Daniel Friedman | Association Between Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion and Readmission for Thromboembolism Among Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Concomitant Cardiac Surgery | JAMA | January 2018 |
| Teng Lee | Contemporary management and outcomes of acute type A aortic dissection: An analysis of the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database | Journal of Cardiac Surgery | January 2018 |
| Richard D'Agostino | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2018 Update on Outcomes and Quality | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2018 |
| Brent Keeling | Conversion From Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting to On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | October 2017 |
| Thomas Schwann | Worldwide Trends in Multi-arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery 2004-2014: A Tale of 2 Continents | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | Autumn 2017 |
| Brian Englum | Hypothermia and cerebral protection strategies in aortic arch surgery: A comparative effectiveness analysis from the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database | European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery | September 2017 |
| Vinay Badhwar | Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in the United States: Trends and Propensity Matched Outcomes | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2017 |
| Vinod Thourani | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2017 Update on Research | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | July 2017 |
| Vinay Badhwar | Performing Concomitant Tricuspid Valve Repair at the Time of Mitral Valve Operations Is Not Associated With Increased Operative Mortality | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | February 2017 |
| Thomas Schwann | Variation in Warfarin Use at Hospital Discharge After Isolated Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve Replacement: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database | CHEST | September 2016 |
| Sean O’Brien | Variation in Hospital Risk-Adjusted Mortality Rates Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in the United States: A Report from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve | Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes | September 2016 |
| Fred Edwards | Failure to Rescue Rates After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: An Analysis From The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2016 |
| Vinay Badhwar | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2016 Update on Research | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | July 2016 |
| Jonathan Afilalo | Gait Speed and Operative Mortality in Older Adults Following Cardiac Surgery | JAMA Cardiology | June 2016 |
| Fred Edwards | Development and Validation of a Risk Prediction Model for In-Hospital Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement | JAMA Cardiology | April 2016 |
| David Whellan | Trends in Robotic-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts: A Study of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database, 2006 to 2012 | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | March 2016 |
| Deepak Acharya | Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Data From The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | February 2016 |
| Jeffrey Jacobs | Penetration, Completeness, and Representativeness of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | February 2016 |
| Rajendra Mehta | Association of Hospital and Physician Characteristics and Care Processes With Racial Disparities in Procedural Outcomes Among Contemporary Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery | Circulation | January 2016 |
General Thoracic Surgery Database
| Lead Author | Title | Publication | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aidan Gilbert | Minimally invasive versus open esophagectomy; comparing the combined effects of smoking burden and operative approach on outcomes in esophagectomy | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | August 2024 |
| Betty Tong | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2024 Risk Models for Lung Cancer Resection: Continued Refinement and Improved Outcomes | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2024 |
| Lisa Brown | Predictors of Discharge with Supplemental Oxygen after Lobectomy for Lung Cancer | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2024 |
| Justin Blasberg | Longitudinal Follow-up of Medicare Patients after Esophageal Cancer Resection in the STS Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2024 |
| Ammara Watkins | Trends and Comparative Outcomes Between Operative Approaches for Segmentectomy in Lung Cancer | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | July 2024 |
| Jeffrey Velotta | 2024 Update of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Short-Term Esophagectomy Risk Model: More Inclusive and Improved Calibration | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | June 2024 |
| Andy Lee | The Risk Analysis Index is an Independent Predictor of Outcomes After Lung Cancer Resection | PLOS One | May 2024 |
| Christopher Towe | STS Database Analysis: Comparing Sublobar Techniques in Stage IA Lung Cancer | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | March 2024 |
| Andrea Axtell | Predictors of Venous Thromboembolism after Lung Cancer Resection | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2024 |
| Christopher Towe | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2023 Update on Outcomes and Research | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | December 2023 |
| Andrew Li | Respect the Middle Lobe: Perioperative Risk of Bilobectomy Compared to Lobectomy and Pneumonectomy | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | September 2023 |
| Andrea Axtell | Association Between Interstitial Lung Disease and Outcomes After Lung Cancer Resection | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | June 2023 |
| Joseph Reza | Implementation of Screening Guidelines in Early Esophageal Cancer: A Study of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database | Annals of Surgery | March 2023 |
| Lye-Yeng Wong | The Impact of Age and Need for Emergent Surgery in Paraesophageal Hernia Repair Outcomes | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2023 |
| Elliot Servais | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2022 Update on Outcomes and Research | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2023 |
| Puja Khaitan | Robotic Esophagectomy Trends and Early Surgical Outcomes: The US Experience | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | December 2022 |
| Andy Lee | Frailty Is Associated With Adverse Postoperative Outcomes After Lung Cancer Resection | JTO Clinical and Research Reports | September 2022 |
| Stephanie Worrell | Morbidity After Esophagectomy Is Higher for Benign Than Malignant Disease | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | September 2022 |
| Stephanie Worrell | Impact of Diabetes on Pathologic Response to Multimodality Therapy for Esophageal Cancer | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2022 |
| Justin Karush | Predicting Non-home Discharge after Lung Surgery: Analysis of the General Thoracic Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | July 2022 |
| Brooks Udelsman | Association of Lymph Node Sampling and Clinical Volume in Lobectomy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | June 2022 |
| Peter Kneuertz | Segmentectomy for clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer: National benchmarks for nodal staging and outcomes by operative approach | Cancer | April 2022 |
| Phillip Linden | Risk of Each of the Five Lung Lobectomies: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | March 2022 |
| Elisabeth Dexter | Does Operative Duration of Lobectomy for Early Lung Cancer Increase Perioperative Morbidity? | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | February 2022 |
| Uma Sachdeva | Contributing factors to lymph node recovery with esophagectomy by thoracic surgeons: An analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database | Diseases of the Esophagus | January 2022 |
| Mark Allen | Bias Against Complex Lung Cancer Surgery | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | December 2021 |
| Christopher Seder | Robotic vs. Thoracoscopic Anatomic Lung Resection in Obese Patients: A Propensity Adjusted Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2021 |
| Elliot Servais | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2021 Update on Outcomes and Research | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | September 2021 |
| Elliot Servais | Conversion to thoracotomy during thoracoscopic versus robotic lobectomy: Predictors and outcomes | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | October 2021 |
| Peter Kneuertz | National Trends and Outcomes of Segmentectomy in the Society of Thoracic Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2021 |
| Matthew Facktor | Initial Assessment of the effect of ProvenCare on Lung Cancer Surgical Quality | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2021 |
| Shruti Raja | Perioperative Outcomes of Thymectomy in Myasthenia Gravis: A Thoracic Surgery Database Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | July 2021 |
| Nicholas Arndt | Redefining the Risk of Surgery for Clinical Stage IIIA (N2) Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of the STS GTSD and ESTS Registry | Lung Cancer | June 2021 |
| Brooks Udelsman | Concordance of Clinical and Pathologic Nodal Staging in Resectable Lung Cancer | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | April 2021 |
| Oliver Jawitz | Complications After Ravitch versus Nuss Repair of Pectus Excavatum: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) General Thoracic Surgery Database Analysis | Surgery | January 2021 |
| Uma Sachdeva | Impact of Obesity on Treatment Approach for Resectable Esophageal Cancer | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | December 2020 |
| Mark Onaitis | Equivalent Survival Between Lobectomy and Segmentectomy for Clinical Stage IA Lung Cancer | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | December 2020 |
| Zaid Abdelsattar | Contemporary Practice Patterns of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery in the United States | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2020 |
| Rachel Medbery | Costs Associated with Lobectomy for Lung Cancer: A Novel Analysis Merging STS and Medicare Data | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2020 |
| John Melvan | Community Size and Lung Cancer Resection Outcomes: Studying the Society of Thoracic Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2020 |
| James Clark | Variability in Smoking Status for Lobectomy Among Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Participants | The Annals f Thoracic Surgery | October 2020 |
| Patricia Cowper | Initial and Longitudinal Cost of Surgical Resection for Lung Cancer | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | October 2020 |
| Christopher Towe | Factors Associated with Successful Postoperative Day One Discharge Following Anatomic Lung Resection | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | October 2020 |
| Farhood Fariah | Volume Pledge is Not Associated with Better Short-Term Outcomes After Lung Cancer Resection | Journal of Clinical Oncology | October 2020 |
| Benjamin Resio | Invasive staging procedures do not prevent nodal metastases from being missed in stage I lung cancer | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | June 2020 |
| Farhood Farjah | The volume pledge is not associated with better short-term outcomes after lung cancer resection | Journal of Clinical Oncology | June 2020 |
| Henning Gaissert | Concordance of Clinical and Pathological Nodal Staging in Resectable Lung Cancer | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | June 2020 |
| Christopher Seder | A prolonged air leak score for lung cancer resection: An analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2019 |
| Traves Crabtree | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2019 update on research | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2019 |
| Andrew Feczko | Proficiency of Robotic Lobectomy Based on Prior Surgical Technique in The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | October 2019 |
| Phillip Linden | Postoperative Day 1 Discharge After Anatomic Lung Resection: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Analysis | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | September 2019 |
| Phillip Linden | Mortality After Esophagectomy: Analysis of Individual Complications and Their Association with Mortality | Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery | August 2019 |
| Lisa Brown | Readmission after Lobectomy for Lung Cancer: Not All Complications Contribute Equally | Annals of Surgery | August 2019 |
| Felix Fernandez | Lack of correlation between short- and long-term performance after lung cancer surgery. | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | April 2019 |
| Betty Tong | Penetration, Completeness, and Representativeness of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database for Lobectomy | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | March 2019 |
| Bryan Stanifer | Short-Term Outcomes of Tracheal Resection in The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | December 2018 |
| Traves Crabtree | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2018 Update on Research | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2018 |
| Brian Mitzman | Complications After Esophagectomy Are Associated With Extremes of Body Mass Index | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | October 2018 |
| Seth Krantz | Invasive Mediastinal Staging for Lung Cancer by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Participants | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | October 2018 |
| Daniel Boffa | Minimally Invasive Lung Cancer Surgery Performed by Thoracic Surgeons as Effective as Thoracotomy | Journal of Clinical Oncology | August 2018 |
| Christopher Towe | Restrictive Transfusion Practices After Esophagectomy Are Associated With Improved Outcome: A Review of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | May 2018 |
| Christopher Seder | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database 2018 Update on Outcomes and Quality | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | May 2018 |
| Felix Fernandez | Differential effects of operative complications on survival after surgery for primary lung cancer | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | March 2018 |
| Mark Onaitis | Prediction of Long-Term Survival After Lung Cancer Surgery for Elderly Patients in The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2018 |
| Henning Gaissert | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2017 Update on Research | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2017 |
| A. Laurie Shroyer | Geographic Variations in Lung Cancer Lobectomy Outcomes: The General Thoracic Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2017 |
| Michael Durheim | Mortality and Respiratory Failure After Thoracoscopic Lung Biopsy for Interstitial Lung Disease | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2017 |
| Daniel Boffa | Surgically Managed Clinical Stage IIIA-Clinical N2 Lung Cancer in The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2017 |
| Trevor Williams | Operative Risk for Major Lung Resection Increases at Extremes of Body Mass Index | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2017 |
| Henning Gaissert | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2016 Update on Research | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2016 |
| Brian Louie | Comparison of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery and Robotic Approaches for Clinical Stage I and Stage II Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Using The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | September 2016 |
| Felix Fernandez | STS Lung Cancer Resection Risk Model: Higher Quality Data and Superior Outcomes | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2016 |
| Felix Fernandez | Longitudinal Follow-up of Lung Cancer Resection From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database in Patients 65 Years and Older | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | June 2016 |
| Smita Sihag | Minimally Invasive Versus Open Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: A Comparison of Early Surgical Outcomes From The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | April 2016 |
Congenital Heart Surgery Database
| Lead Author | Title | Publication | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Brown | Intraoperative Cardiac Arrest in Patients undergoing Congenital Cardiac Surgery | JTCVS Open | September 2024 |
| John Vossler | Impact of Atrioventricular Valve Intervention at Each Stage of Single Ventricle Palliation | World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery | September 2024 |
| Tanya Perry | Outcomes in Children Who Undergo Post-cardiotomy ECMO: A Report from the STS-CHSD | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2024 |
| Joanne Starr | Temperature and Neurologic Outcomes in Neonates Undergoing Cardiac Surgery | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | August 2024 |
| Elaine Griffeth | Risk of Cardiac Reoperation: An Analysis of The STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | June 2024 |
| Elaine Griffeth | Risk of Cardiac Reoperation: An Analysis of The STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database | Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports | June 2024 |
| Ari Cedars | Reoperations in Adolescents and Adults after Prior Arterial Switch Operation: STS Congenital Database Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | June 2024 |
| Joseph Nellis | Primary vs Staged Biventricular Repair for Neonatal IAA with VSD and LVOTO | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | May 2024 |
| S. Ram Kumar | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2023 Update on Outcomes and Research | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | March 2024 |
| Sara Pasquali | Association Between Past and Present Operative Mortality in Congenital Heart Surgery: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | February 2024 |
| Manan Desai | Perioperative Morbidity and Outcomes in Pediatric Patients Transitioned From Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation to Ventricular Assist Device Support: A Study of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database | ASAIO Journal | October 2023 |
| Paul Devlin | Contemporary Applications and Outcomes of Pulmonary Artery Banding: An Analysis of the STS CHSD | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | September 2023 |
| Karl Welke | Contemporary Relationship Between Hospital Volume and Outcomes in Congenital Heart Surgery | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2023 |
| Jacob Miller | Outcomes of the Kawashima: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | July 2023 |
| Morgan Brown | Predictors of Time Prior to Incision and Anesthesia Ready Time: Analysis and Benchmark Data | JTCVS Open | June 2023 |
| Nicholas Clarke | Contemporary Patterns of Care in Tetralogy of Fallot: Analysis of Society of Thoracic Surgeons Data | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | June 2023 |
| Jennifer Nelson | Development of a Novel Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Congenital Mortality Risk Model | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2023 |
| Georgina Rowe | Ross Procedure in Children: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2023 |
| S Ram Kumar | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2022 Update on Outcomes and Research | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2023 |
| Kevin Hill | Methylprednisolone for Infant Heart Surgery- A Randomized Controlled Trial | The New England Journal of Medicine | November 2022 |
| Sharon-Lise Normand | Mortality Prediction After Cardiac Surgery in Children: An STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | September 2022 |
| Jeffrey Jacobs | Variation in Case-Mix Across Hospitals: Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2022 |
| Joshua Chew | Congenitally Corrected Transposition Cardiac Surgery: Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | April 2022 |
| Amit Misra | Outcomes of Patients with Sickle Cell Disease and Trait Following Congenital Heart Disease Surgery | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | April 2022 |
| Viviane Nasr | The Practice of Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology in the United States | Anesthesia & Analgesia | March 2022 |
| Sharon-Lise Normand | Reevaluating Congenital Heart Surgery Center Performance Using Operative Mortality | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | February 2022 |
| S. Ram Kumar | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2021 Update on Outcomes and Research | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | December 2021 |
| Jennifer Nelson | Capturing Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Framework for Development of an Adult Congenital Heart Disease Mortality Risk Model | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2021 |
| Laura Seese | Utilization and Outcomes of the Nikaidoh, Rastelli, and REV Procedures: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | July 2021 |
| Sara Pasquali | Evolving Cost-Quality Relationship in Pediatric Heart Surgery | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | June 2021 |
| Kyle Riggs | Tracheal Surgery for Airway Anomalies Associated with Increased Mortality In Pediatric Patients Undergoing Heart Surgery: Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Analysis | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | March 2021 |
| Martina Steurer | Association between Z-score for Birth Weight and Postoperative Outcomes in Neonates and Infants with Congenital Heart Disease | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | January 2021 |
| Justin Long | Postoperative Hematocrit and Adverse Outcomes in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Cross-sectional Study from the STS and CCAS Database Collaboration | Anesthesia & Analgesia | December 2020 |
| Sara Pasquali | National Variation in Congenital Heart Surgery Outcomes | Circulation | October 2020 |
| Sara Pasquali | Estimating Resource Utilization in Congenital Heart Surgery | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | September 2020 |
| John Serfas | The Evolving Surgical Burden of Fontan Failure: Insights from a Nationwide Surgical Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2020 |
| Charles Fraser III | Diaphragm Paralysis after Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: An STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database Study | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2020 |
| Jennifer Nelson | Aortic Valve Replacement in Young and Middle-Aged Adults: Current and Potential Roles of TAVR | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2020 |
| Faith Ross | Associations Between Anthropometric Indices and Outcomes of Congenital Heart Operations in Infants and Young Children: An Analysis of Data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database | American Heart Journal | June 2020 |
| Kevin Hill | Overcoming underpowering: Trial simulations and a global rank end point to optimize clinical trials in children with heart disease | American Heart Journal | May 2020 |
| David Vener | The Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society-Society of Thoracic Surgeons Cardiac Anesthesia Database Collaboration | World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery | January 2020 |
| Kevin Hill | Rationale and Design of the Steroids to Reduce Systemic Inflammation After Infant Heart Surgery (STRESS) Trial | American Heart Journal | December 2019 |
| Marshall Jacobs | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2019 Update on Research | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | September 2019 |
| Lauren Sarno | Significant Improvements in Mortality after the Fontan Operation in Children with Down Syndrome | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | September 2019 |
| Jennifer Nelson | National Practice Patterns and Early Outcomes of Aortic Valve Replacement in Children and Teens | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2019 |
| David Cooper | Cardiac Surgery in Patients With Trisomy 13 and 18: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database | Journal of the American Heart Association | July 2019 |
| Joshua Chew | Congenital Heart Surgery Outcomes in Turner Syndrome: Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | July 2019 |
| Dylan Thibault | Postoperative Transcatheter Interventions in Children Undergoing Congenital Heart Surgery | Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions | June 2019 |
| Nadine Straka | Factors Associated with Adverse Outcomes after Repair of Anomalous Coronary from Pulmonary Artery | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | May 2019 |
| Charles Fraser III | The Prevalence and Impact of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia among Patients Undergoing Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | Spring 2019 |
| Jeffrey Jacobs | Refining The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Mortality Risk Model with Enhanced Risk Adjustment for Chromosomal Abnormalities, Syndromes, and Noncardiac Congenital Anatomic Abnormalities | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | March 2019 |
| Sean O’Brien | Development of a Congenital Heart Surgery Composite Quality Metric: Part 2—Analytic Methods | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | February 2019 |
| Sara Pasquali | Development of a Congenital Heart Surgery Composite Quality Metric: Part 1-Conceptual Framework | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | February 2019 |
| Brian Kogon | Readmission Following Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery: An analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | February 2019 |
| Michael Quartermain | Prenatal Diagnosis Influences Preoperative Status in Neonates with Congenital Heart Disease: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database | Pediatric Cardiology | October 2018 |
| Vyas Kartha | National Benchmarks for Proportions of Patients Receiving Blood Transfusions During Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery: An Analysis of the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | October 2018 |
| Nathaniel Greene | A Study of Practice Behavior for Endotracheal Intubation Site for Children With Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Surgery: Impact of Endotracheal Intubation Site on Perioperative Outcomes-An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society Database | Anesthesia & Analgesia | September 2018 |
| Kimberly Holst | Surgical Management and Outcomes of Ebstein Anomaly in Neonates and Infants: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | September 2018 |
| Marshall Jacobs | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2018 Update on Research | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | September 2018 |
| Clifford Cua | Hybrid Palliation: Outcomes After the Comprehensive Stage 2 Procedure | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | May 2018 |
| John Costello | Associations Between Unplanned Cardiac Reinterventions and Outcomes After Pediatric Cardiac Operations | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | April 2018 |
| Nhue Do | Shunt Failure-Risk Factors and Outcomes: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | March 2018 |
| Marshall Jacobs | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2017 Update on Research | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | September 2017 |
| Michael O’Byrne | Effect of Obesity and Underweight Status on Perioperative Outcomes of Congenital Heart Operations in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: An Analysis of Data From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database | Circulation | August 2017 |
| Brett Anderson | Association of Surgeon Age and Experience With Congenital Heart Surgery Outcomes | Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes | July 2017 |
| Kristen Nelson-McMillan | Delayed Sternal Closure in Infant Heart Surgery-The Importance of Where and When: An Analysis of the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2016 |
| Sara Pasquali | Congenital Heart Surgery Case Mix Across North American Centers and Impact on Performance Assessment | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2016 |
| Angira Patel | Prevalence of Noncardiac and Genetic Abnormalities in Neonates Undergoing Cardiac Operations: Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2016 |
| Patricia Hickey | Critical Care Nursing’s Impact on Pediatric Patient Outcomes | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | October 2016 |
| Jeffrey Jacobs | Mortality Trends in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | October 2016 |
| David Meyer | Variation in Perfusion Strategies for Neonatal and Infant Aortic Arch Repair: Contemporary Practice in the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database | World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery | September 2016 |
| William Mahle | Early Extubation After Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot and the Fontan Procedure: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database. | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | September 2016 |
| Marshall Jacobs | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2016 Update on Research | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | September 2016 |
| Lawrence Schwartz | The Perioperative Use of Dexmedetomidine in Pediatric Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: An Analysis from the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society-Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Disease Database | Anesthesia & Analgesia | September 2016 |
| Christopher Mastropietro | Tracheostomy After Operations for Congenital Heart Disease: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | June 2016 |
Intermacs/Pedimacs
| Lead Author | Title | Publication | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Griffiths | Eighth Annual Society of Thoracic Surgeons Pedimacs Report | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2025 |
| Dan Meyer | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs 2024 Annual Report: Focus on Outcomes in Younger Patients | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | October 2024 |
| Jennifer Cowger | Defining Optimal Left Ventricular Assist Device Short-Term Outcomes May Provide Insight into Programmatic Quality Assessment | The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | August 2024 |
| Caroline West | Social Determinants of Health and Outcomes After Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Implantation | Pediatric Transplantation | August 2024 |
| Awais Ashfag | Predicting Stroke for Pediatric Patients Supported with Ventricular Assist Devices: A PEDIMACS Report | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | May 2024 |
| Shahnawaz Amdani | Impact of Center Volume on Outcomes after Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in Pediatric Patients: An Analysis of the STS-Pedimacs Database | The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | January 2024 |
| David Peng | Seventh Annual Society of Thoracic Surgeons Pedimacs Report | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | December 2023 |
| Ulrich Jorde | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs 2023 Annual Report: Focus on Magnetically Levitated Devices | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2023 |
| Renzo Loyaga-Rendon | Predicting Survival of End-Stage Heart Failure patients receiving HeartMate-3: Comparing Machine learning Methods | ASAIO Journal | November 2023 |
| Aniket Rali | Changing Strategy Between Bridge to Transplant and Destination LVAD Therapy After the First 3 Months: Analysis of the STS-INTERMACS Database | Journal of Cardiac Failure | October 2023 |
| Awais Ashfaq | Survival in Pediatric Patients With Ventricular Assist Devices: A Special Pediatric Interagency Registry for Mechanical Circulatory Support (Pedimacs) Report | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2023 |
| Jennifer Conway | Widening Care Gap in VAD Therapy | The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | August 2023 |
| Francisco Arabia | Heart Transplant Outcomes After Total Artificial Heart | Transplantation Proceedings | July 2023 |
| Ana Alba | The Impact of Obesity and LVAD-Bridging on Heart Transplant Candidate Outcomes: A Linked STS INTERMACS - OPTN/UNOS Data Analysis | The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | June 2023 |
| Sarah Birk | Clinical Outcomes of Ventricular Assist Device Support by HIV Infection Status: An STS-Intermacs Analysis | The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | May 2023 |
| Mustafa Ahmed | Timing and Outcomes of Concurrent and Sequential BiVAD Implantation: An STS INTERMACS Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | March 2023 |
| Arman Kilic | Impact of Adverse Events on Health-Related Quality of Life after Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation - An STS INTERMACS Analysis | The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | April 2023 |
| Pierre-Emmanuel Noly | Association of Days Alive and Out of the Hospital After Ventricular Assist Device Implantation With Adverse Events and Quality of Life | JAMA Surgery | February 2023 |
| Melana Yuzefpolskaya | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs 2022 Annual Report: Focus on the 2018 Heart Transplant Allocation System | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | December 2022 |
| Thomas Cascino | Comparison of Evaluations for Heart Transplant Before Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device and Subsequent Receipt of Transplant at Transplant vs Nontransplant Centers | JAMA Network Open | November 2022 |
| Iki Adachi | Sixth Annual Pediatric Interagency Registry for Mechanical Circulatory Support (Pedimacs) Report: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Pedimacs Annual Report | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | November 2022 |
| Syed Peer | Effect of preoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy on postventricular assist device outcomes: an analysis of the STS Pedimacs database | European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery | November 2022 |
| David Peng | Self-reported quality of life in children with ventricular assist devices | Pediatric Transplantation | June 2022 |
| Chris Kapelios | Right Heart Failure Following Left Ventricular Device Implantation: Natural History, Risk Factors, and Outcomes: An Analysis of the STS INTERMACS Database | Circulation Heart Failure | June 2022 |
| Michael Pienta | Advancing Quality Metrics for Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant: Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | May 2022 |
| J. Hunter Mehaffey | Impact of preoperative versus postoperative dialysis on left ventricular assist device outcomes: An analysis from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support Database | JTCVS Open | March 2022 |
| Imad Hariri | Long-term survival on LVAD support: Device complications and end-organ dysfunction limit long-term success | The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | February 2022 |
| Palak Shah | Twelfth Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support Report: Readmissions after LVAD | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | January 2022 |
| J. Eduardo Rame | Evolution of Late Right Heart Failure With Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Association With Outcomes | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | December 2021 |
| Joseph Rossano | Fifth Annual Pediatric Interagency Registry for Mechanical Circulatory Support(Pedimacs) Report | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | December 2021 |
| Andrew Xanthopoulous | Postimplant Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitors Use Is Associated With Lower Rates of Thrombotic Events After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation | JACC Heart Failure | December 2021 |
| Edo Bedzra | Systemic ventricular assist device support of the Fontan circulation yields promising outcomes: An analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Pedimacs and Intermacs Databases | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | November 2021 |
| Brent Lampert | Impact of thoracotomy approach on right ventricular failure and length of stay in left ventricular assist device implants: An Intermacs registry analysis | The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | September 2021 |
| Rebecca Cogswell | HVAD to Heartmate 3 Device Exchange: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2021 |
| Leora Yarboro | Progression to Transplant under New Heart Allocation System: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2021 |
| Alexander Brescia | Generalizability of Trial Data to Real-World Practice: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 2021 |
| Dominic Emerson | Contemporary Left Ventricular Assist Device Outcomes in an Aging Population: An STS INTERMACS Analysis | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | August 2021 |
| Farooq Sheikh | Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Inflammatory Cardiomyopathies Receiving Mechanical Circulatory Support: An STS-Intermacs Registry Analysis | Journal of Cardiac Failure | August 2021 |
| Shahnawaz Amdani | Significance of pre and post-implant MELD-XI score on survival in children undergoing VAD implantation | The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | August 2021 |
| Sung-Min Cho | Cerebrovascular Events in Patients with Centrifugal-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis from the Intermacs Registry | Circulation | July 2021 |
| Sameed Khatana | Association of Health Insurance Payer Type and Outcomes after Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: An Analysis of the STS-INTERMACS Registry | Circulation: Heart Failure | May 2021 |
| Francis Pagani | Concordance of Treatment Effect: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs Database | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | May 2021 |
| Trever Symalla | STS INTERMACS Database: The Key to Conduct Single-arm Trials in Advanced Heart Failure Patients | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | April 2021 |
| Ezequiel Molina | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs 2020 Annual Report | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | March 2021 |
| Robert Niebler | Stroke in Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Patients - A Pedimacs Registry Analysis | Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | March 2021 |
| Alexander Brescia | Assessment of Mortality Among Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients Ineligible for Clinical Trials | JAMA Network Open | January 2021 |
| David Morales | Fourth Annual Pediatric Interagency Registry for Mechanical Circulatory Support (Pedimacs) Report | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | December 2020 |
| Sameed Khatana | Medicaid Expansion and Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: An Analysis of the Intermacs Registry | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | July 2020 |
| James Kirklin | Quantifying the impact from stroke during support with continuous flow ventricular assist devices: An STS Intermacs analysis | The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | April 2020 |
| Jeffrey Teuteberg | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs 2019 Annual Report: The Changing Landscape of Devices and Indications | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | March 2020 |
| Renzo Loyaga-Rendon | Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as a Bridge to Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support: An Analysis of the STS-INTERMACS Database | Circulation: Heart Failure | March 2020 |
| Kathleen Simpson | Right Ventricular Failure is Common After Left Ventricular Assist Device and Associated with Increased Risk of Death in Children: An Analysis of the Pedimacs Registry Database | The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | November 2019 |
| Jennifer Cowger | Outcomes Based on Blood Pressure in Patients On Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Support: An Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support analysis | The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | November 2019 |
| Abhishek Jaiswa | Impact of Obesity on Ventricular Assist Device Outcomes | Journal of Cardiac Failure | October 2019 |
| Seth Hollander | Renal injury and recovery in pediatric patients after ventricular assist device implantation and cardiac transplant | Pediatric Transplantation | May 2019 |
| David Peng | Outcomes of children with congenital heart disease implanted with ventricular assist devices: An analysis of the Pediatric Interagency Registry for Mechanical Circulatory Support (Pedimacs) | The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | April 2019 |
| Robert Kormos | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs Database Annual Report: Evolving Indications, Outcomes, and Scientific Partnerships | The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | February 2019 |
| Palak Shah | Stroke and death risk in ventricular assist device patients varies by ISHLT infection category: An INTERMACS analysis | The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | February 2019 |
| Francisco Arabia | Interagency registry for mechanically assisted circulatory support report on the total artificial heart | The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | November 2018 |
| Ari Cedars | An Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (INTERMACS) analysis of hospitalization, functional status, and mortality after mechanical circulatory support in adults with congenital heart disease | The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | May 2018 |
| Jennifer Cowger | Impact of Center Left Ventricular Assist Device Volume on Outcomes After Implantation: An Intermacs Analysis | Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Heart Failure | October 2017 |
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