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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons national congenital heart surgery database report

Authors :
W. Steves Ring
Marc Schwartz
Melanie Gevitz
Constantine Mavroudis
Charles L. McIntosh
Source :
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 68:601-624
Publication Year :
1999
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 1999.

Abstract

This analysis summarizes the first report of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Congenital Heart Surgery Database Committee in association with Summit Medical Systems. Twenty-four centers joined the program at various dates of entry resulting in 18,894 enrolled patient records. This report compiled the relevant clinical features of 18 congenital heart categories over a 4-year period (1994-1997), which included 8,149 patient records. The data analyses are largely descriptive in character. Missing data points were described and not omitted in the analysis. Statistical analysis was not performed due to missing data points in some categories. Certain trends, however, could be identified and are discussed. The first Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Congenital Heart Surgery Database Report has succeeded in establishing a finite record that can be improved to establish universal national and international utility, risk stratification, and scholarly outcome analyses.

Details

ISSN :
00034975
Volume :
68
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........961e34c406dd0be5b8257fe5e3b34d5c
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00631-1