Recently published manuscripts (2016 – present) utilizing STS National Database data.
Adult Cardiac Surgery Database
Lead Author | Title | Publication | Date |
Ibrahim Sultan | Predictors and outcomes of ischemic stroke after cardiac surgery | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | August 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 |
Jamin 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 |
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 |
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 | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular 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 |
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 |
Charles Fraser | 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 |
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 |
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