STS: Society of Thoracic Surgeons

The database of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons is a voluntary system which allows a hospital to contribute detailed clinical data collected from patient medical records according to common definitions in order to identify opportunities for improvement.

“The Society of Thoracic Surgeons offers outcome programs in the areas of Adult Cardiac, General Thoracic and Congenital surgery. By committing to collecting outcomes data to the STS National Database, surgeons are committing to improving the quality of care that their cardiothoracic surgery patients receive.”

Source: www.sts.org

Below are our STS measures

Volume

• Aortic valve replacement - percent using bioprosthetic valves 
• Distribution of cardiac surgery procedures 
• Heart bypass surgery (CABG): internal mammary artery usage 
• Mitral valve replacement - percent using bioprosthetic valves 
• Mitral valve surgery - percentage of valves repaired 
• Mitral valve surgery - percentage of valves replaced 

Outcome  

• Deaths following aortic valve replacement plus heart bypass surgery (CABG)  
• Deaths following mitral valve repair  
• Deaths following mitral valve repair plus heart bypass surgery (CABG)  
• Deaths following mitral valve replacement
• Deaths following mitral valve replacement plus heart bypass surgery (CABG) 
• Deaths following heart bypass surgery (CABG)   

Safe Care 

• Atrial fibrillation treated during mitral valve surgery 
• Antiplatelets prescribed at discharge for heart bypass (CABG) surgery patients
• Beta blockers prescribed at discharge for heart bypass (CABG) surgery patients
• Beta blockers prior to surgery for heart bypass (CABG) surgery patients
• Lipid lowering medications prescribed at discharge for heart bypass (CABG) surgery patients