Welcome & Adult Cardiac High-Level Overview
Speakers
Carole Krohn, MPH, BSN, RN, LSSGB
Director, STS National Database
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Chicago, Illinois
Michael E. Bowdish, MD, MS
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Cardiac Surgery
Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
Disclosures
Carole Krohn, MPH, BSN, RN, LSSGB: No financial relationships to disclose
Michael E. Bowdish, MD, MS: No financial relationships to disclose
Learning Objectives
- Provide a high-level overview of what is on the horizon for the Adult Cardiac Surgery Database
- Discuss frailty, ACSD Risk Calculator, ACSD manuscripts, linkage to the death index, failure to rescue and exceptional risk