STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2021 Update on Outcomes, Quality, and Research

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database is the most mature and comprehensive cardiac surgery database. It has been the foundation for quality measurement and improvement activities in cardiac surgery, facilitated the generation of accurate risk adjusted performance benchmarks and serves as a platform for novel research. Recent enhancements have added to the database's functionality, ease of use, and value to multiple stakeholders. This report is the sixth in a series of annual reports that provide updated volumes, outcomes, database-related developments, quality improvement initiatives, and research summaries using the Adult Cardiac Surgery Database in the past year.

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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database is the most comprehensive and mature database for cardiac surgery, serving as the foundation for quality assessment and improvement activities. Recent enhancements have improved the functionality of the database and provided updated reports on outcomes and research summaries for stakeholders.