Recently published manuscripts (2016 – present) utilizing STS National Database data.
Adult Cardiac Surgery Database
| Lead Author | Title | Publication | Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 Beller | 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 | Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis in Aortic Valve Surgery: The North American Experience | 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 |
| 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 |
| Vinod Thourani | Association of volume and outcomes in 234,556 patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement | 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 |
| Oliver Jawitz | Sex differences in coronary artery bypass grafting techniques: An STS Database analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Shinobu Itagaki | Impact of Cerebral Perfusion on Outcomes of Aortic Surgery: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Analysis | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | February 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 |
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Oliver Jawitz |
Association of Postoperative Complications and Outcomes Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting | The American Heart Journal | 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 |
| 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 RK 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 |
| Christina Vassileva | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Justin Long | Postoperative Hematocrit and Adverse Outcomes in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society Database Collaboration | Anesthesia & Analgesia | March 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 |
| 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 pptimize clinical trials in children with heart disease | American Heart Journal | May 2020 |
| Kevin Hill | Rationale and Design of the STeroids to REduce Systemic Inflammation After Infant Heart Surgery (STRESS) Trial | American Heart Journal | December 2019 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 B. 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 Database
| Lead Author | Title | Publication | Date |
| David Peng | Self-reported quality of life in children with ventricular assist devices | Pediatric Transplantation | June 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Andrew Xanthopoulous | Postimplant Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitors Use Is Associated With Lower Rates of Thrombotic Events After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation | Journal of the American Heart Association | July 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 |
| 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 |