Sean Michael O'Brien | Scholars@Duke

Sean Michael O'Brien
Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

Statistical methods for healthcare provider profiling; observational studies; Bayesian data analysis.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Basic Science Departments 2014
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Institutes and Centers 2004

Contact Information

2400 Pratt Street, 6023 North Pavilion, Durham, NC 27705
Duke Box 3850, Durham, NC 27710
sean.m.obrien@duke.edu (919) 668-8754

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Research Fellow, NIEHS 2002 - 2004
- Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2002
Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Basic Science Departments 2004 - 2014
- Instructor, Temporary of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Basic Science Departments 2004
Research
Selected Grants
- Leveraging existing registry resources to facilitate clinical trials awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2021
- ISCHEMIA-CKD SDCC awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2019
- North Carolina Congenital Heart Defects Surveillance Network awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015 - 2019
- Administrative Claims-based Efficiencies for the Advancement of Regulatory Sciences awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2014 - 2019
- The ISCHEMIA Trial - SDCC awarded by National Institutes of Health 2011 - 2019
- Understanding Quality and Costs in Congenital Heart Surgery awarded by Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2014 - 2019
- The ISCHEMIA Trial - SDCC awarded by National Institutes of Health 2011 - 2019
- Methodology for Linking Clinical and Administrative Databases awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute 2014 - 2018
- The ISCHEMIA Trial - SDCC- Subcontract with NYU awarded by New York University 2017 - 2018
- Optimizing Health Outcomes in Patients with Symptomatic Aortic Valve Disease awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute 2014 - 2018
- CIAO-ISCHEMIA awarded by New York University 2017 - 2018
- Statistical Methods for Complex Data in Cardiovascular Disease awarded by North Carolina State University 2013 - 2018
- Integrated Biostatistical Training for CVD Research awarded by North Carolina State University 2017 - 2018
- Duke CTSA (UL1): Statistical methods for complex data in CV disease research awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2018
- Efficiencies for Outcome Ascertainment throughout the Total Product Life Cycle awarded by Food and Drug Administration 2012 - 2017
- CIAO-ISCHEMIA awarded by New York University 2016 - 2017
- Anatomic and Physiologic Determinants of Vessel-Specific Ischemia by Coronary CT awarded by Weill Medical College of Cornell University 2014 - 2016
- Centers for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research awarded by National Institutes of Health 2010 - 2016
- Career Development in Outcomes Assessment in Congenital Heart Surgery awarded by National Institutes of Health 2010 - 2014
- TO # 1 - Coordinating Center for Cardiovascular Disease - OPTION YEAR 2 awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2011 - 2013
- Comparative Effectiveness of Medications Used in Congenital Heart Surgery awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2012
- Duke Cardiovascular CERTs awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2007 - 2012
- TO # 1 - Coordinating Center for Cardiovascular Disease awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2010 - 2011
- DEcIDE AVR awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2009 - 2011
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Book Sections
  - Jacobs, ML, Pasquali, SK, Jacobs, JP, and O brien, SM. "Empirically based tools for analyzing mortality and morbidity associated with congenital heart surgery." In Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care: Volume 1: Outcomes Analysis, 363-375. January 1, 2015. Full Text
  - O brien, SM. "Statistical issues in the analysis and interpretation of outcomes for congenital cardiac surgery." In Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care: Volume 1: Outcomes Analysis, 307-318. January 1, 2015. Full Text
- Conference Papers
  - Bakaeen, FG, Shroyer, ALW, Gammie, JS, Sabik, JF, Cornwell, LD, Coselli, JS, Rosengart, TK, O'Brien, SM, Wallace, A, Shahian, DM, Grover, FL, and Puskas, JD. "Trends in use of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: Results from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database." January 1, 2014. Full Text
- Journal Articles
  - Schwann, TA, Habib, RH, Wallace, A, Shahian, DM, O'Brien, S, Jacobs, JP, Puskas, JD, Kurlansky, PA, Engoren, MC, Tranbaugh, RF, and Bonnell, MR. "Operative Outcomes of Multiple-Arterial Versus Single-Arterial Coronary Bypass Grafting. (Accepted)" The Annals of thoracic surgery 105, no. 4 (April 2018): 1109-1119. Full Text
  - Crowley, MJ, Al-Khatib, SM, Wang, TY, Khazanie, P, Kressin, NR, Krumholz, HM, Kiefe, CI, Wells, BL, O'Brien, SM, Peterson, ED, and Sanders, GD. "How well does early-career investigators' cardiovascular outcomes research training align with funded outcomes research?." American heart journal 196 (February 2018): 163-169. Full Text
  - Khazanie, P, Al-Khatib, SM, Wang, TY, Crowley, MJ, Kressin, NR, Krumholz, HM, Kiefe, CI, Wells, BL, O'Brien, SM, Peterson, ED, and Sanders, GD. "Training cardiovascular outcomes researchers: A survey of mentees and mentors to identify critical training gaps and needs." American heart journal 196 (February 2018): 170-177. Full Text
  - Jacobs, ML, Jacobs, JP, Hill, KD, Hornik, C, O'Brien, SM, Pasquali, SK, Vener, D, Kumar, SR, Habib, RH, Shahian, DM, Edwards, FH, and Fernandez, FG. "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2017 Update on Research." The Annals of thoracic surgery 104, no. 3 (September 2017): 731-741. (Review) Full Text
  - Schwann, TA, Tatoulis, J, Puskas, J, Bonnell, M, Taggart, D, Kurlansky, P, Jacobs, JP, Thourani, VH, O'Brien, S, Wallace, A, Engoren, MC, Tranbaugh, RF, and Habib, RH. "Worldwide Trends in Multi-arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery 2004-2014: A Tale of 2 Continents." Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 29, no. 3 (September 2017): 273-280. Full Text
  - Brennan, JM, Thomas, L, Cohen, DJ, Shahian, D, Wang, A, Mack, MJ, Holmes, DR, Edwards, FH, Frankel, NZ, Baron, SJ, Carroll, J, Thourani, V, Tuzcu, EM, Arnold, SV, Cohn, R, Maser, T, Schawe, B, Strong, S, Stickfort, A, Patrick-Lake, E, Graham, FL, Dai, D, Li, F, Matsouaka, RA, O'Brien, S, Li, F, Pencina, MJ, and Peterson, ED. "Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: Propensity-Matched Comparison." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 70, no. 4 (July 2017): 439-450. Full Text
  - Thourani, VH, Badhwar, V, Shahian, DM, Edwards, FH, O'Brien, S, Habib, RH, Kelly, JJ, Rankin, JS, Prager, R, and Jacobs, JP. "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2017 Update on Research." The Annals of thoracic surgery 104, no. 1 (July 2017): 22-28. (Review) Full Text
  - Rankin, JS, Badhwar, V, He, X, Jacobs, JP, Gammie, JS, Furnary, AP, Fazzalari, FL, Han, J, O'Brien, SM, and Shahian, DM. "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Mitral Valve Repair/Replacement Plus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Composite Score: A Report of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Quality Measurement Task Force." The Annals of thoracic surgery 103, no. 5 (May 2017): 1475-1481. Full Text
  - Jacobs, JP, Mayer, JE, Mavroudis, C, O'Brien, SM, Austin, EH, Pasquali, SK, Hill, KD, Overman, DM, St Louis, JD, Karamlou, T, Pizarro, C, Hirsch-Romano, JC, McDonald, D, Han, JM, Becker, S, Tchervenkov, CI, Lacour-Gayet, F, Backer, CL, Fraser, CD, Tweddell, JS, Elliott, MJ, Walters, H, Jonas, RA, Prager, RL, Shahian, DM, and Jacobs, ML. "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2017 Update on Outcomes and Quality." The Annals of thoracic surgery 103, no. 3 (March 2017): 699-709. Full Text
  - Badhwar, V, Rankin, JS, He, M, Jacobs, JP, Furnary, AP, Fazzalari, FL, O'Brien, S, Gammie, JS, and Shahian, DM. "Performing Concomitant Tricuspid Valve Repair at the Time of Mitral Valve Operations Is Not Associated With Increased Operative Mortality." The Annals of thoracic surgery 103, no. 2 (February 2017): 587-593. Full Text
  - Jacobs, JP, Shahian, DM, Prager, RL, Edwards, FH, McDonald, D, Han, JM, D'Agostino, RS, Jacobs, ML, Kozower, BD, Badhwar, V, Thourani, VH, Gaissert, HA, Fernandez, FG, Wright, CD, Paone, G, Cleveland, JC, Brennan, JM, Dokholyan, RS, Brothers, L, Vemulapalli, S, Habib, RH, O'Brien, SM, Peterson, ED, Grover, FL, Patterson, GA, and Bavaria, JE. "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database 2016 Annual Report." The Annals of thoracic surgery 102, no. 6 (December 2016): 1790-1797. Full Text
  - Pasquali, SK, Wallace, AS, Gaynor, JW, Jacobs, ML, O'Brien, SM, Hill, KD, Gaies, MG, Romano, JC, Shahian, DM, Mayer, JE, and Jacobs, JP. "Congenital Heart Surgery Case Mix Across North American Centers and Impact on Performance Assessment." The Annals of thoracic surgery 102, no. 5 (November 2016): 1580-1587. Full Text
  - Jacobs, JP, He, X, Mayer, JE, Austin, EH, Quintessenza, JA, Karl, TR, Vricella, L, Mavroudis, C, O'Brien, SM, Pasquali, SK, Hill, KD, Husain, SA, Overman, DM, St Louis, JD, Han, JM, Shahian, DM, Cameron, D, and Jacobs, ML. "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 102, no. 4 (October 2016): 1345-1352. Full Text
  - O'Brien, SM, Cohen, DJ, Rumsfeld, JS, Brennan, JM, Shahian, DM, Dai, D, Holmes, DR, Hakim, RB, Thourani, VH, Peterson, ED, Edwards, FH, and STS/ACC TVT Registry, . "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 Therapy Registry." Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes 9, no. 5 (September 13, 2016): 560-565. Full Text
  - Jacobs, ML, Jacobs, JP, Pasquali, SK, Hill, KD, Hornik, C, O'Brien, SM, Shahian, DM, Habib, RH, and Edwards, FH. "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2016 Update on Research." The Annals of thoracic surgery 102, no. 3 (September 2016): 688-695. Full Text
  - Edwards, FH, Ferraris, VA, Kurlansky, PA, Lobdell, KW, He, X, O'Brien, SM, Furnary, AP, Rankin, JS, Vassileva, CM, Fazzalari, FL, Magee, MJ, Badhwar, V, Xian, Y, Jacobs, JP, Wyler von Ballmoos, MC, and Shahian, DM. "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 102, no. 2 (August 2016): 458-464. Full Text
  - Afilalo, J, Kim, S, O'Brien, S, Brennan, JM, Edwards, FH, Mack, MJ, McClurken, JB, Cleveland, JC, Smith, PK, Shahian, DM, and Alexander, KP. "Gait Speed and Operative Mortality in Older Adults Following Cardiac Surgery." JAMA cardiology 1, no. 3 (June 2016): 314-321. Full Text
  - Badhwar, V, Rankin, JS, He, X, Jacobs, JP, Gammie, JS, Furnary, AP, Fazzalari, FL, Han, J, O'Brien, SM, and Shahian, DM. "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Mitral Repair/Replacement Composite Score: A Report of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Quality Measurement Task Force." The Annals of thoracic surgery 101, no. 6 (June 2016): 2265-2271. Full Text
  - Baron, SJ, Arnold, SV, Herrmann, HC, Holmes, DR, Szeto, WY, Allen, KB, Chhatriwalla, AK, Vemulapali, S, O'Brien, S, Dai, D, and Cohen, DJ. "Impact of Ejection Fraction and Aortic Valve Gradient on Outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 67, no. 20 (May 2016): 2349-2358. Full Text
  - Edwards, FH, Cohen, DJ, O'Brien, SM, Peterson, ED, Mack, MJ, Shahian, DM, Grover, FL, Tuzcu, EM, Thourani, VH, Carroll, J, Brennan, JM, Brindis, RG, Rumsfeld, J, Holmes, DR, and Steering Committee of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry, . "Development and Validation of a Risk Prediction Model for In-Hospital Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement." JAMA cardiology 1, no. 1 (April 2016): 46-52. Full Text
  - Kozower, BD, O'Brien, SM, Kosinski, AS, Magee, MJ, Dokholyan, R, Jacobs, JP, Shahian, DM, Wright, CD, and Fernandez, FG. "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Composite Score for Rating Program Performance for Lobectomy for Lung Cancer." The Annals of thoracic surgery 101, no. 4 (April 2016): 1379-1386. Full Text
  - Jacobs, JP, Mayer, JE, Mavroudis, C, O'Brien, SM, Austin, EH, Pasquali, SK, Hill, KD, He, X, Overman, DM, St Louis, JD, Karamlou, T, Pizarro, C, Hirsch-Romano, JC, McDonald, D, Han, JM, Dokholyan, RS, Tchervenkov, CI, Lacour-Gayet, F, Backer, CL, Fraser, CD, Tweddell, JS, Elliott, MJ, Walters, H, Jonas, RA, Prager, RL, Shahian, DM, and Jacobs, ML. "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2016 Update on Outcomes and Quality." The Annals of thoracic surgery 101, no. 3 (March 2016): 850-862. (Review) Full Text
  - Jacobs, JP, Shahian, DM, He, X, O'Brien, SM, Badhwar, V, Cleveland, JC, Furnary, AP, Magee, MJ, Kurlansky, PA, Rankin, JS, Welke, KF, Filardo, G, Dokholyan, RS, Peterson, ED, Brennan, JM, Han, JM, McDonald, D, Schmitz, D, Edwards, FH, Prager, RL, and Grover, FL. "Penetration, Completeness, and Representativeness of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database." The Annals of thoracic surgery 101, no. 1 (January 2016): 33-41. Full Text
  - Mehta, RH, Shahian, DM, Sheng, S, O'Brien, SM, Edwards, FH, Jacobs, JP, Peterson, ED, Society of Thoracic Surgery National Adult Cardiac Surgery Database, , and Duke Clinical Research Institute, . "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 133, no. 2 (January 2016): 124-130. Full Text
  - Writing Committee Members, , Drozda, JP, Ferguson, TB, Jneid, H, Krumholz, HM, Nallamothu, BK, Olin, JW, Ting, HH, ACC/AHATask Force On Performance Measures, , Heidenreich, PA, Albert, NM, Chan, PS, Curtis, LH, Ferguson, TB, Fonarow, GC, Ho, PM, O'Brien, S, Russo, AM, Thomas, RJ, Ting, HH, and Varosy, PD. "2015 ACC/AHA Focused Update of Secondary Prevention Lipid Performance Measures: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures." Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes 9, no. 1 (January 2016): 68-95. Full Text
  - Arnold, SV, Spertus, JA, Vemulapalli, S, Dai, D, O'Brien, SM, Baron, SJ, Kirtane, AJ, Mack, MJ, Green, P, Reynolds, MR, Rumsfeld, JS, and Cohen, DJ. "Association of Patient-Reported Health Status With Long-Term Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Report From the STS/ACC TVT Registry." Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 8, no. 12 (December 2015): e002875-. Full Text
  - Jacobs, JP, Shahian, DM, Prager, RL, Edwards, FH, McDonald, D, Han, JM, D'Agostino, RS, Jacobs, ML, Kozower, BD, Badhwar, V, Thourani, VH, Gaissert, HA, Fernandez, FG, Wright, C, Fann, JI, Paone, G, Sanchez, JA, Cleveland, JC, Brennan, JM, Dokholyan, RS, O'Brien, SM, Peterson, ED, Grover, FL, and Patterson, GA. "Introduction to the STS National Database Series: Outcomes Analysis, Quality Improvement, and Patient Safety." The Annals of thoracic surgery 100, no. 6 (December 2015): 1992-2000. (Review) Full Text
  - WRITING COMMITTEE MEMBERS, , Bhatt, DL, Drozda, JP, Shahian, DM, Chan, PS, Fonarow, GC, Heidenreich, PA, Jacobs, JP, Masoudi, FA, Peterson, ED, Welke, KF, ACC/AHA TASK FORCE ON PERFORMANCE MEASURES, , Heidenreich, PA, Albert, NM, Chan, PS, Curtis, LH, Ferguson, TB, Fonarow, GC, Ho, PM, Jurgens, C, O'Brien, S, Russo, AM, Thomas, RJ, Ting, HH, and Varosy, PD. "ACC/AHA/STS Statement on the Future of Registries and the Performance Measurement Enterprise: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons." Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes 8, no. 6 (November 2015): 634-648. (Review) Full Text
  - Shahian, DM, He, X, Jacobs, JP, Kurlansky, PA, Badhwar, V, Cleveland, JC, Fazzalari, FL, Filardo, G, Normand, S-LT, Furnary, AP, Magee, MJ, Rankin, JS, Welke, KF, Han, J, and O'Brien, SM. "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Composite Measure of Individual Surgeon Performance for Adult Cardiac Surgery: A Report of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Quality Measurement Task Force." The Annals of thoracic surgery 100, no. 4 (October 2015): 1315-1324. Full Text
  - Jacobs, JP, O'Brien, SM, Pasquali, SK, Gaynor, JW, Mayer, JE, Karamlou, T, Welke, KF, Filardo, G, Han, JM, Kim, S, Quintessenza, JA, Pizarro, C, Tchervenkov, CI, Lacour-Gayet, F, Mavroudis, C, Backer, CL, Austin, EH, Fraser, CD, Tweddell, JS, Jonas, RA, Edwards, FH, Grover, FL, Prager, RL, Shahian, DM, and Jacobs, ML. "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Mortality Risk Model: Part 2-Clinical Application." The Annals of thoracic surgery 100, no. 3 (September 2015): 1063-1068. Full Text
  - O'Brien, SM, Jacobs, JP, Pasquali, SK, Gaynor, JW, Karamlou, T, Welke, KF, Filardo, G, Han, JM, Kim, S, Shahian, DM, and Jacobs, ML. "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Mortality Risk Model: Part 1-Statistical Methodology." The Annals of thoracic surgery 100, no. 3 (September 2015): 1054-1062. Full Text
  - Pasquali, SK, Jacobs, ML, O'Brien, SM, He, X, Gaynor, JW, Gaies, MG, Peterson, ED, Hirsch-Romano, JC, Mayer, JE, and Jacobs, JP. "Impact of Patient Characteristics on Hospital-Level Outcomes Assessment in Congenital Heart Surgery." The Annals of thoracic surgery 100, no. 3 (September 2015): 1071-1077. Full Text
  - Shahian, DM, Grover, FL, Prager, RL, Edwards, FH, Filardo, G, OʼBrien, SM, He, X, Furnary, AP, Rankin, JS, Badhwar, V, Cleveland, JC, Fazzalari, FL, Magee, MJ, Han, J, and Jacobs, JP. "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons voluntary public reporting initiative: the first 4 years." Annals of surgery 262, no. 3 (September 2015): 526-535. Full Text
  - Englum, BR, Saha-Chaudhuri, P, Shahian, DM, O'Brien, SM, Brennan, JM, Edwards, FH, and Peterson, ED. "The impact of high-risk cases on hospitals' risk-adjusted coronary artery bypass grafting mortality rankings." The Annals of thoracic surgery 99, no. 3 (March 2015): 856-862. Full Text
  - Holmes, DR, Brennan, JM, Rumsfeld, JS, Dai, D, O'Brien, SM, Vemulapalli, S, Edwards, FH, Carroll, J, Shahian, D, Grover, F, Tuzcu, EM, Peterson, ED, Brindis, RG, Mack, MJ, and STS/ACC TVT Registry, . "Clinical outcomes at 1 year following transcatheter aortic valve replacement." JAMA 313, no. 10 (March 2015): 1019-1028. Full Text
  - Brennan, JM, Zhao, Y, Williams, J, O'Brien, S, Dokholyan, R, Gammie, J, Edwards, F, Loyo-Berrios, N, Canos, D, Gross, T, Marinac-Dabic, D, and Peterson, E. "Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Silzone Era St. Jude Medical Mechanical Heart Valves." The Journal of heart valve disease 24, no. 1 (January 2015): 66-73.
  - Englum, BR, Saha-Chaudhuri, P, Shahian, DM, O'Brien, SM, Brennan, JM, Edwards, FH, and Peterson, ED. "The impact of high-risk cases on hospitals' risk-adjusted coronary artery bypass grafting mortality rankings." Annals of Thoracic Surgery 99, no. 3 (January 1, 2015): 856-862. Full Text
  - Thourani, VH, Suri, RM, Gunter, RL, Sheng, S, O'Brien, SM, Ailawadi, G, Szeto, WY, Dewey, TM, Guyton, RA, Bavaria, JE, Babaliaros, V, Gammie, JS, Svensson, L, Williams, M, Badhwar, V, and Mack, MJ. "Contemporary real-world outcomes of surgical aortic valve replacement in 141,905 low-risk, intermediate-risk, and high-risk patients." The Annals of thoracic surgery 99, no. 1 (January 2015): 55-61. Full Text
  - Thourani, VH, Suri, RM, Gunter, RL, Sheng, S, O'Brien, SM, Ailawadi, G, Szeto, WY, Dewey, TM, Guyton, RA, Bavaria, JE, Babaliaros, V, Gammie, JS, Svensson, L, Williams, M, Badhwar, V, and Mack, MJ. "Contemporary real-world outcomes of surgical aortic valve replacement in 141,905 low-risk, intermediate-risk, and high-risk patients." Annals of Thoracic Surgery 99, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 55-61. Full Text
  - Zhang, Z, Kolm, P, Grau-Sepulveda, MV, Ponirakis, A, O'Brien, SM, Klein, LW, Shaw, RE, McKay, C, Shahian, DM, Grover, FL, Mayer, JE, Garratt, KN, Hlatky, M, Edwards, FH, and Weintraub, WS. "Cost-effectiveness of revascularization strategies: the ASCERT study." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 65, no. 1 (January 2015): 1-11. Full Text
  - Brennan, JM, Holmes, DR, Sherwood, MW, Edwards, FH, Carroll, JD, Grover, FL, Tuzcu, EM, Thourani, V, Brindis, RG, Shahian, DM, Svensson, LG, O'Brien, SM, Shewan, CM, Hewitt, K, Gammie, JS, Rumsfeld, JS, Peterson, ED, and Mack, MJ. "The association of transcatheter aortic valve replacement availability and hospital aortic valve replacement volume and mortality in the United States." The Annals of thoracic surgery 98, no. 6 (December 2014): 2016-2022. Full Text
  - Gupta, P, Jacobs, JP, Pasquali, SK, Hill, KD, Gaynor, JW, O'Brien, SM, He, M, Sheng, S, Schexnayder, SM, Berg, RA, Nadkarni, VM, Imamura, M, and Jacobs, ML. "Epidemiology and outcomes after in-hospital cardiac arrest after pediatric cardiac surgery." The Annals of thoracic surgery 98, no. 6 (December 2014): 2138-2144. Full Text
  - Peterson, ED, Ho, PM, Barton, M, Beam, C, Burgess, LH, Casey, DE, Drozda, JP, Fonarow, GC, Goff, D, Grady, KL, King, DE, King, ML, Masoudi, FA, Nielsen, DR, and Stanko, S. "ACC/AHA/AACVPR/AAFP/ANA concepts for clinician-patient shared accountability in performance measures: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 64, no. 20 (November 3, 2014): 2133-2145. Full Text
  - Jacobs, JP, O'Brien, SM, Pasquali, SK, Kim, S, Gaynor, JW, Tchervenkov, CI, Karamlou, T, Welke, KF, Lacour-Gayet, F, Mavroudis, C, Mayer, JE, Jonas, RA, Edwards, FH, Grover, FL, Shahian, DM, and Jacobs, ML. "The importance of patient-specific preoperative factors: an analysis of the society of thoracic surgeons congenital heart surgery database." The Annals of thoracic surgery 98, no. 5 (November 2014): 1653-1658. Full Text
  - Bakaeen, FG, Shroyer, ALW, Gammie, JS, Sabik, JF, Cornwell, LD, Coselli, JS, Rosengart, TK, O'Brien, SM, Wallace, A, Shahian, DM, Grover, FL, and Puskas, JD. "Trends in use of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: Results from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 148, no. 3 (September 2014): 856-853. Full Text
  - Harskamp, RE, Brennan, JM, Xian, Y, Halkos, ME, Puskas, JD, Thourani, VH, Gammie, JS, Taylor, BS, de Winter, RJ, Kim, S, O'Brien, S, Peterson, ED, and Gaca, JG. "Practice patterns and clinical outcomes after hybrid coronary revascularization in the United States: an analysis from the society of thoracic surgeons adult cardiac database." Circulation 130, no. 11 (September 2014): 872-879. Full Text
  - Karamlou, T, Jacobs, ML, Pasquali, S, He, X, Hill, K, O'Brien, S, McMullan, DM, and Jacobs, JP. "Surgeon and center volume influence on outcomes after arterial switch operation: analysis of the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database." The Annals of thoracic surgery 98, no. 3 (September 2014): 904-911. Full Text
  - Brinkman, W, Herbert, MA, O'Brien, S, Filardo, G, Prince, S, Dewey, T, Magee, M, Ryan, W, and Mack, M. "Preoperative β-blocker use in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: national database analysis." JAMA internal medicine 174, no. 8 (August 2014): 1320-1327. Full Text
  - Thourani, VH, Suri, RM, Rankin, JS, He, X, O'Brien, SM, Badhwar, V, Ailawadi, G, Vassileva, CM, Shults, CC, Svensson, LG, and Gammie, JS. "Does mitral valve repair offer an advantage over replacement in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement?." The Annals of thoracic surgery 98, no. 2 (August 2014): 598-604. Full Text
  - Shahian, DM, He, X, O'Brien, SM, Grover, FL, Jacobs, JP, Edwards, FH, Welke, KF, Suter, LG, Drye, E, Shewan, CM, Han, L, and Peterson, E. "Development of a clinical registry-based 30-day readmission measure for coronary artery bypass grafting surgery." Circulation 130, no. 5 (July 29, 2014): 399-409. Full Text
  - Shahian, DM, He, X, O'Brien, SM, Grover, FL, Jacobs, JP, Edwards, FH, Welke, KF, Suter, LG, Drye, E, Shewan, CM, Han, L, and Peterson, E. "Development of a clinical registry-based 30-day readmission measure for coronary artery bypass grafting surgery." Circulation 130, no. 5 (July 2014): 399-409. Full Text
  - Anderson, JL, Heidenreich, PA, Barnett, PG, Creager, MA, Fonarow, GC, Gibbons, RJ, Halperin, JL, Hlatky, MA, Jacobs, AK, Mark, DB, Masoudi, FA, Peterson, ED, Shaw, LJ, ACC/AHA Task Force on Performance Measures, , and ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines, . "ACC/AHA statement on cost/value methodology in clinical practice guidelines and performance measures: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures and Task Force on Practice Guidelines." Circulation 129, no. 22 (June 2014): 2329-2345. Full Text
  - Edwards, FH, Shahian, DM, Grau-Sepulveda, MV, Grover, FL, Mayer, JE, O'Brien, SM, DeLong, E, Peterson, ED, McKay, C, Shaw, RE, Garratt, KN, Dangas, GD, Messenger, J, Klein, LW, Popma, JJ, and Weintraub, WS. "Composite outcomes in coronary bypass surgery versus percutaneous intervention." The Annals of thoracic surgery 97, no. 6 (June 2014): 1983-1988. Full Text
  - Robertson, JO, Grau-Sepulveda, MV, Okada, S, O'Brien, SM, Matthew Brennan, J, Shah, AS, Itoh, A, Damiano, RJ, Prasad, S, and Silvestry, SC. "Concomitant tricuspid valve surgery during implantation of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices: a Society of Thoracic Surgeons database analysis." The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 33, no. 6 (June 2014): 609-617. Full Text
  - Shahian, DM, He, X, Jacobs, JP, Rankin, JS, Welke, KF, Edwards, FH, Filardo, G, Fazzalari, FL, Furnary, A, Kurlansky, PA, Brennan, JM, Badhwar, V, and O'Brien, SM. "The STS AVR+CABG composite score: a report of the STS Quality Measurement Task Force." The Annals of thoracic surgery 97, no. 5 (May 2014): 1604-1609. Full Text
  - Chakrabarti, AK, Grau-Sepulveda, MV, O'Brien, S, Abueg, C, Ponirakis, A, Delong, E, Peterson, E, Klein, LW, Garratt, KN, Weintraub, WS, and Gibson, CM. "Angiographic validation of the American College of Cardiology Foundation-the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Collaboration on the Comparative Effectiveness of Revascularization Strategies study." Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 7, no. 1 (February 4, 2014): 11-18. Full Text
  - Edwards, FH, Shahian, DM, Grau-Sepulveda, MV, Grover, FL, Mayer, JE, O'Brien, SM, Delong, E, Peterson, ED, McKay, C, Shaw, RE, Garratt, KN, Dangas, GD, Messenger, J, Klein, LW, Popma, JJ, and Weintraub, WS. "Composite outcomes in coronary bypass surgery versus percutaneous intervention." Annals of Thoracic Surgery 97, no. 6 (January 1, 2014): 1983-1990. Full Text
  - Harskamp, RE, Brennan, JM, Xian, Y, Halkos, ME, Puskas, JD, Thourani, VH, Gammie, JS, Taylor, BS, de Winter, RJ, Kim, S, O'Brien, S, Peterson, ED, and Gaca, JG. "Practice patterns and clinical outcomes after hybrid coronary revascularization in the United States: an analysis from the society of thoracic surgeons adult cardiac database." Circulation 130, no. 11 (January 1, 2014): 872-879. Full Text
  - Karamlou, T, Jacobs, ML, Pasquali, S, He, X, Hill, K, O'Brien, S, McMullan, DM, and Jacobs, JP. "Surgeon and center volume influence on outcomes after arterial switch operation: Analysis of the STS congenital heart surgery database." Annals of Thoracic Surgery 98, no. 3 (January 1, 2014): 904-911. Full Text
  - Reece, TB, Welke, KF, O'Brien, S, Grau-Sepulveda, MV, Grover, FL, and Gammie, JS. "Rethinking the ross procedure in adults." Annals of Thoracic Surgery 97, no. 1 (2014): 175-181. Full Text
  - Robertson, JO, Grau-Sepulveda, MV, Okada, S, O'Brien, SM, Matthew Brennan, J, Shah, AS, Itoh, A, Damiano, RJ, Prasad, S, and Silvestry, SC. "Concomitant tricuspid valve surgery during implantation of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons database analysis." Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 33, no. 6 (January 1, 2014): 609-617. Full Text
  - Shahian, DM, He, X, Jacobs, JP, Rankin, JS, Welke, KF, Edwards, FH, Filardo, G, Fazzalari, FL, Furnary, A, Kurlansky, PA, Brennan, JM, Badhwar, V, and O'Brien, SM. "The STS AVR + CABG composite score: A report of the STS quality measurement task force." Annals of Thoracic Surgery 97, no. 5 (January 1, 2014): 1604-1609. Full Text
  - Thourani, VH, Suri, RM, Rankin, JS, He, X, O'Brien, SM, Badhwar, V, Ailawadi, G, Vassileva, CM, Shults, CC, Svensson, LG, and Gammie, JS. "Does Mitral Valve Repair Offer an Advantage over Replacement in Patients Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement?." Annals of Thoracic Surgery 98, no. 2 (January 1, 2014): 598-604. Full Text
  - Bai, X, Tsiatis, AA, and O'Brien, SM. "Doubly-robust estimators of treatment-specific survival distributions in observational studies with stratified sampling." Biometrics 69, no. 4 (December 1, 2013): 830-839. Full Text
  - Bai, X, Tsiatis, AA, and O'Brien, SM. "Doubly-robust estimators of treatment-specific survival distributions in observational studies with stratified sampling." Biometrics 69, no. 4 (December 2013): 830-839. Full Text Link to Item
  - Mack, MJ, Brennan, JM, Brindis, R, Carroll, J, Edwards, F, Grover, F, Shahian, D, Tuzcu, EM, Peterson, ED, Rumsfeld, JS, Hewitt, K, Shewan, C, Michaels, J, Christensen, B, Christian, A, O'Brien, S, and Holmes, D. "Outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve replacement in the United States." JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association 310, no. 19 (November 25, 2013): 2069-2077. Full Text
  - Chatterjee, S, Rankin, JS, Gammie, JS, Sheng, S, O'Brien, SM, Brennan, JM, Alexander, JC, Thourani, VH, Pearson, PJ, and Suri, RM. "Isolated mitral valve surgery risk in 77,836 patients from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons database." Ann Thorac Surg 96, no. 5 (November 2013): 1587-1594. Full Text Link to Item
  - Gaca, JG, Sheng, S, Daneshmand, M, Rankin, JS, Williams, ML, O'Brien, SM, and Gammie, JS. "Current Outcomes for Tricuspid Valve Infective Endocarditis Surgery in North America." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 96, no. 4 (October 2013): 1374-1381. Full Text
  - Gaca, JG, Sheng, S, Daneshmand, M, Rankin, JS, Williams, ML, O'Brien, SM, and Gammie, JS. "Current outcomes for tricuspid valve infective endocarditis surgery in North America." Ann Thorac Surg 96, no. 4 (October 2013): 1374-1381. Full Text Link to Item
  - Jacobs, JP, He, X, O'Brien, SM, Welke, KF, Filardo, G, Han, JM, Ferraris, VA, Prager, RL, and Shahian, DM. "Variation in ventilation time after coronary artery bypass grafting: an analysis from the society of thoracic surgeons adult cardiac surgery database." Ann Thorac Surg 96, no. 3 (September 2013): 757-762. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rankin, JS, Thourani, VH, Suri, RM, He, X, O'Brien, SM, Vassileva, CM, Shah, AS, and Williams, M. "Associations between valve repair and reduced operative mortality in 21,056 mitral/tricuspid double valve procedures." Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 44, no. 3 (September 2013): 472-476. Full Text Link to Item
  - Shahian, DM, He, X, Jacobs, JP, Rankin, JS, Peterson, ED, Welke, KF, Filardo, G, Shewan, CM, and O'Brien, SM. "Issues in quality measurement: target population, risk adjustment, and ratings." Ann Thorac Surg 96, no. 2 (August 2013): 718-726. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Suri, RM, Thourani, VH, He, X, Brennan, JM, O'Brien, SM, Rankin, JS, Schaff, HV, and Gammie, JS. "Variation in warfarin thromboprophylaxis after mitral valve repair: does equipoise exist and is a randomized trial warranted?." Ann Thorac Surg 95, no. 6 (June 2013): 1991-1998. Full Text Link to Item
  - Polomsky, M, He, X, O'Brien, SM, and Puskas, JD. "Outcomes of off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: Impact of preoperative risk." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 145, no. 5 (May 2013): 1193-1198. Full Text Link to Item
  - Brennan, JM, Edwards, FH, Zhao, Y, O'Brien, S, Booth, ME, Dokholyan, RS, Douglas, PS, Peterson, ED, and DEcIDE AVR (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness–Aortic Valve Replacement) Research Team, . "Long-term safety and effectiveness of mechanical versus biologic aortic valve prostheses in older patients: results from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery National Database." Circulation 127, no. 16 (April 23, 2013): 1647-1655. Full Text Link to Item
  - Jacobs, JP, O'Brien, SM, Shahian, DM, Edwards, FH, Badhwar, V, Dokholyan, RS, Sanchez, JA, Morales, DL, Prager, RL, Wright, CD, Puskas, JD, Gammie, JS, Haan, CK, George, KM, Sheng, S, Peterson, ED, Shewan, CM, Han, JM, Bongiorno, PA, Yohe, C, Williams, WG, Mayer, JE, and Grover, FL. "Successful linking of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database to Social Security data to examine the accuracy of Society of Thoracic Surgeons mortality data." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 145, no. 4 (April 2013): 976-983. Full Text Link to Item
  - Jacobs, ML, O'Brien, SM, Jacobs, JP, Mavroudis, C, Lacour-Gayet, F, Pasquali, SK, Welke, K, Pizarro, C, Tsai, F, and Clarke, DR. "An empirically based tool for analyzing morbidity associated with operations for congenital heart disease." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 145, no. 4 (April 2013): 1046-1057.e1. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rankin, JS, He, X, O'Brien, SM, Jacobs, JP, Welke, KF, Filardo, G, and Shahian, DM. "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons risk model for operative mortality after multiple valve surgery." Ann Thorac Surg 95, no. 4 (April 2013): 1484-1490. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hughes, GC, Zhao, Y, Rankin, JS, Scarborough, JE, O'Brien, S, Bavaria, JE, Wolfe, WG, Gaca, JG, Gammie, JS, Shahian, DM, and Smith, PK. "Effects of institutional volumes on operative outcomes for aortic root replacement in North America." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 145, no. 1 (January 2013): 166-170. Full Text Link to Item
  - Jacobs, JP, He, X, O'Brien, SM, Welke, KF, Filardo, G, Han, JM, Ferraris, VA, Prager, RL, and Shahian, DM. "Variation in ventilation time after coronary artery bypass grafting: An analysis from the society of thoracic surgeons adult cardiac surgery database." Annals of Thoracic Surgery 96, no. 3 (2013): 757-762. Full Text
  - Jacobs, ML, O'Brien, SM, Jacobs, JP, Mavroudis, C, Lacour-Gayet, F, Pasquali, SK, Welke, K, Pizarro, C, Tsai, F, and Clarke, DR. "An empirically based tool for analyzing morbidity associated with operations for congenital heart disease." Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 145, no. 4 (2013): 1046-1057.e1. Full Text
  - Overman, DM, Jacobs, JP, Prager, RL, Wright, CD, Clarke, DR, Pasquali, SK, O'Brien, SM, Dokholyan, RS, Meehan, P, McDonald, DE, Jacobs, ML, Mavroudis, C, and Shahian, DM. "Report from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database Workforce: clarifying the definition of operative mortality." World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 4, no. 1 (January 2013): 10-12. Full Text Link to Item
  - Reece, TB, Welke, KF, O'Brien, S, Grau-Sepulveda, MV, Grover, FL, and Gammie, JS. "Rethinking the Ross Procedure in Adults." Annals of Thoracic Surgery (2013). Full Text
  - Shahian, DM, He, X, Jacobs, JP, Rankin, JS, Peterson, ED, Welke, KF, Filardo, G, Shewan, CM, and O'Brien, SM. "Issues in quality measurement: Target population, risk adjustment, and ratings." Annals of Thoracic Surgery 96, no. 2 (2013): 718-726. Full Text
  - Badhwar, V, Peterson, ED, Jacobs, JP, He, X, Brennan, JM, O'Brien, SM, Dokholyan, RS, George, KM, Bolling, SF, Shahian, DM, Grover, FL, Edwards, FH, and Gammie, JS. "Longitudinal outcome of isolated mitral repair in older patients: results from 14,604 procedures performed from 1991 to 2007." Ann Thorac Surg 94, no. 6 (December 2012): 1870-1877. Full Text Link to Item
  - Shahian, DM, He, X, Jacobs, JP, Rankin, JS, Welke, KF, Filardo, G, Shewan, CM, and O'Brien, SM. "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement (AVR) Composite Score: a report of the STS Quality Measurement Task Force." Ann Thorac Surg 94, no. 6 (December 2012): 2166-2171. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ad, N, Suri, RM, Gammie, JS, Sheng, S, O'Brien, SM, and Henry, L. "Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation trends and outcomes in North America." Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 144, no. 5 (November 1, 2012): 1051-1060. Full Text
  - Ad, N, Suri, RM, Gammie, JS, Sheng, S, O'Brien, SM, and Henry, L. "Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation trends and outcomes in North America." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 144, no. 5 (November 2012): 1051-1060. Full Text Link to Item
  - Tavris, DR, Brennan, JM, Sedrakyan, A, Zhao, Y, O'Brien, SM, Peterson, ED, Gross, TP, Marinac-Dabic, D, and Horvath, KA. "Long-term outcomes after transmyocardial revascularization." Ann Thorac Surg 94, no. 5 (November 2012): 1500-1508. Full Text Link to Item
  - Bagai, A, O'Brien, S, Al Lawati, H, Goyal, P, Ball, W, Grantcharov, T, and Fam, N. "Mentored simulation training improves procedural skills in cardiac catheterization: a randomized, controlled pilot study." Circ Cardiovasc Interv 5, no. 5 (October 2012): 672-679. Full Text Link to Item
  - Brennan, JM, Edwards, FH, Zhao, Y, O'Brien, SM, Douglas, PS, Peterson, ED, and Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions About Effectiveness–Aortic Valve Replacement (DEcIDE AVR) Research Team, . "Long-term survival after aortic valve replacement among high-risk elderly patients in the United States: insights from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database, 1991 to 2007." Circulation 126, no. 13 (September 25, 2012): 1621-1629. Full Text Link to Item
  - Williams, JB, Peterson, ED, Zhao, Y, O'Brien, SM, Andersen, ND, Miller, DC, Chen, EP, and Hughes, GC. "Contemporary results for proximal aortic replacement in North America." J Am Coll Cardiol 60, no. 13 (September 25, 2012): 1156-1162. Full Text Link to Item
  - Brennan, JM, Edwards, FH, Zhao, Y, O'Brien, S, Booth, ME, Dokholyan, RS, Douglas, PS, Peterson, ED, and DEcIDE AVR Research Team, . "Early anticoagulation of bioprosthetic aortic valves in older patients: results from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery National Database." J Am Coll Cardiol 60, no. 11 (September 11, 2012): 971-977. Full Text Link to Item
  - Jacobs, JP, O'Brien, SM, Pasquali, SK, Jacobs, ML, Lacour-Gayet, FG, Tchervenkov, CI, Austin, EH, Pizarro, C, Pourmoghadam, KK, Scholl, FG, Welke, KF, Gaynor, JW, Clarke, DR, Mayer, JE, and Mavroudis, C. "Variation in outcomes for risk-stratified pediatric cardiac surgical operations: an analysis of the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database." Ann Thorac Surg 94, no. 2 (August 2012): 564-571. Full Text Link to Item
  - Pasquali, SK, He, X, Jacobs, JP, Jacobs, ML, O'Brien, SM, and Gaynor, JW. "Evaluation of failure to rescue as a quality metric in pediatric heart surgery: an analysis of the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database." Ann Thorac Surg 94, no. 2 (August 2012): 573-579. Full Text Link to Item
  - Williams, JB, Peterson, ED, Brennan, JM, Sedrakyan, A, Tavris, D, Alexander, JH, Lopes, RD, Dokholyan, RS, Zhao, Y, O'Brien, SM, Michler, RE, Thourani, VH, Edwards, FH, Duggirala, H, Gross, T, Marinac-Dabic, D, and Smith, PK. "Association between endoscopic vs open vein-graft harvesting and mortality, wound complications, and cardiovascular events in patients undergoing CABG surgery." JAMA 308, no. 5 (August 1, 2012): 475-484. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hornik, CP, He, X, Jacobs, JP, Li, JS, Jaquiss, RDB, Jacobs, ML, O'Brien, SM, Welke, K, Peterson, ED, and Pasquali, SK. "Relative impact of surgeon and center volume on early mortality after the Norwood operation." Ann Thorac Surg 93, no. 6 (June 2012): 1992-1997. Full Text Link to Item
  - Pasquali, SK, Jacobs, JP, He, X, Hornik, CP, Jaquiss, RDB, Jacobs, ML, O'Brien, SM, Peterson, ED, and Li, JS. "The complex relationship between center volume and outcome in patients undergoing the Norwood operation." Ann Thorac Surg 93, no. 5 (May 2012): 1556-1562. Full Text Link to Item
  - Weintraub, WS, Grau-Sepulveda, MV, Weiss, JM, O'Brien, SM, Peterson, ED, Kolm, P, Zhang, Z, Klein, LW, Shaw, RE, McKay, C, Ritzenthaler, LL, Popma, JJ, Messenger, JC, Shahian, DM, Grover, FL, Mayer, JE, Shewan, CM, Garratt, KN, Moussa, ID, Dangas, GD, and Edwards, FH. "Comparative effectiveness of revascularization strategies." N Engl J Med 366, no. 16 (April 19, 2012): 1467-1476. Full Text Link to Item
  - Shahian, DM, O'Brien, SM, Sheng, S, Grover, FL, Mayer, JE, Jacobs, JP, Weiss, JM, Delong, ER, Peterson, ED, Weintraub, WS, Grau-Sepulveda, MV, Klein, LW, Shaw, RE, Garratt, KN, Moussa, ID, Shewan, CM, Dangas, GD, and Edwards, FH. "Predictors of long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: results from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (the ASCERT study)." Circulation 125, no. 12 (March 27, 2012): 1491-1500. Full Text Link to Item
  - Weintraub, WS, Grau-Sepulveda, MV, Weiss, JM, Delong, ER, Peterson, ED, O'Brien, SM, Kolm, P, Klein, LW, Shaw, RE, McKay, C, Ritzenthaler, LL, Popma, JJ, Messenger, JC, Shahian, DM, Grover, FL, Mayer, JE, Garratt, KN, Moussa, ID, Edwards, FH, and Dangas, GD. "Prediction of long-term mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention in older adults: results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry." Circulation 125, no. 12 (March 27, 2012): 1501-1510. Full Text Link to Item
  - Pasquali, SK, Li, JS, He, X, Jacobs, ML, O'Brien, SM, Hall, M, Jaquiss, RDB, Welke, KF, Peterson, ED, Shah, SS, and Jacobs, JP. "Comparative analysis of antifibrinolytic medications in pediatric heart surgery." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 143, no. 3 (March 2012): 550-557. Full Text Link to Item
  - ElBardissi, AW, Aranki, SF, Sheng, S, O'Brien, SM, Greenberg, CC, and Gammie, JS. "Trends in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting: an analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons adult cardiac surgery database." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 143, no. 2 (February 2012): 273-281. Full Text Link to Item
  - Pasquali, SK, Li, JS, Burstein, DS, Sheng, S, O'Brien, SM, Jacobs, ML, Jaquiss, RDB, Peterson, ED, Gaynor, JW, and Jacobs, JP. "Association of center volume with mortality and complications in pediatric heart surgery." Pediatrics 129, no. 2 (February 2012): e370-e376. Full Text Link to Item
  - Pasquali, SK, Li, JS, He, X, Jacobs, ML, O'Brien, SM, Hall, M, Jaquiss, RDB, Welke, KF, Peterson, ED, Shah, SS, Gaynor, JW, and Jacobs, JP. "Perioperative methylprednisolone and outcome in neonates undergoing heart surgery." Pediatrics 129, no. 2 (February 2012): e385-e391. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ad, N, Suri, RM, Gammie, JS, Sheng, S, O'Brien, SM, and Henry, L. "Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation trends and outcomes in North America." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 144, no. 5 (2012): 1051-1060. Full Text
  - Brennan, JM, Alexander, KP, Wallace, A, Hodges, AB, Laschinger, JC, Jones, KW, O'Brien, S, Webb, LE, Dokholyan, RS, and Peterson, ED. "Patterns of anticoagulation following bioprosthetic valve implantation: observations from ANSWER." J Heart Valve Dis 21, no. 1 (January 2012): 78-87. Link to Item
  - Jacobs, JP, Shahian, DM, Edwards, FH, O'Brien, SM, Blackstone, EH, Puskas, JD, Schaffer, J, Grover, FL, and Jr, JEM. "Reply." Annals of Thoracic Surgery 94, no. 2 (2012): 693-694. Full Text
  - Russell, HM, Pasquali, SK, Jacobs, JP, Jacobs, ML, O'Brien, SM, Mavroudis, C, and Backer, CL. "Outcomes of repair of common arterial trunk with truncal valve surgery: a review of the society of thoracic surgeons congenital heart surgery database." Ann Thorac Surg 93, no. 1 (January 2012): 164-169. Full Text Link to Item
  - Shahian, DM, O'Brien, SM, Sheng, S, Delong, ER, Peterson, ED, Grau-Sepulveda, MV, Grover, FL, Mayer, JE, Jacobs, JP, Weiss, JM, Weintraub, WS, Klein, LW, Shaw, RE, Garratt, K, Moussa, I, Shewan, CM, Dangas, GD, and Edwards, FH. "Response to letter regarding article, "predictors of long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: Results from the society of thoracic surgeons adult cardiac surgery database (the ASCERT Study)"." Circulation 126, no. 16 (2012): e259-. Full Text
  - Williams, JB, Peterson, ED, Zhao, Y, O'Brien, SM, Andersen, ND, Miller, DC, Chen, EP, and Hughes, GC. "Contemporary results for proximal aortic replacement in North America." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 60, no. 13 (2012): 1156-1162. Full Text
  - Jacobs, JP, O'Brien, SM, Pasquali, SK, Jacobs, ML, Lacour-Gayet, FG, Tchervenkov, CI, Austin, EH, Pizarro, C, Pourmoghadam, KK, Scholl, FG, Welke, KF, and Mavroudis, C. "Variation in outcomes for benchmark operations: an analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database." Ann Thorac Surg 92, no. 6 (December 2011): 2184-2191. Full Text Link to Item
  - Shah, BR, Cowper, PA, O'Brien, SM, Jensen, N, Patel, MR, Douglas, PS, and Peterson, ED. "Association between physician billing and cardiac stress testing patterns following coronary revascularization." JAMA 306, no. 18 (November 9, 2011): 1993-2000. Full Text Link to Item
  - Eapen, ZJ, Fonarow, GC, Dai, D, O'Brien, SM, Schwamm, LH, Cannon, CP, Heidenreich, PA, Bhatt, DL, Peterson, ED, Hernandez, AF, and Get With The Guidelines Steering Committee and Hospitals, . "Comparison of composite measure methodologies for rewarding quality of care: an analysis from the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines program." Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 4, no. 6 (November 1, 2011): 610-618. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hornik, CP, He, X, Jacobs, JP, Li, JS, Jaquiss, RDB, Jacobs, ML, O'Brien, SM, Peterson, ED, and Pasquali, SK. "Complications after the Norwood operation: an analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database." Ann Thorac Surg 92, no. 5 (November 2011): 1734-1740. Full Text Link to Item
  - Williams, JB, Hernandez, AF, Li, S, Dokholyan, RS, O'Brien, SM, Smith, PK, Ferguson, TB, and Peterson, ED. "Postoperative inotrope and vasopressor use following CABG: outcome data from the CAPS-care study." J Card Surg 26, no. 6 (November 2011): 572-578. Full Text Link to Item
  - Quin, JA, Sheng, S, O'Brien, SM, Welke, KF, Grover, FL, and Shroyer, AL. "Regional variation in patient risk factors and mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting." Ann Thorac Surg 92, no. 4 (October 2011): 1277-1282. Full Text Link to Item
  - Mehta, RH, Honeycutt, E, Patel, UD, Lopes, RD, Williams, JB, Shaw, LK, O'Brien, SM, Califf, RM, Hughes, GC, and Sketch, MH. "Relationship of the time interval between cardiac catheterization and elective coronary artery bypass surgery with postprocedural acute kidney injury." Circulation 124, no. 11 Suppl (September 13, 2011): S149-S155. Full Text Link to Item
  - Shahian, DM, Edwards, FH, Jacobs, JP, Prager, RL, Normand, S-LT, Shewan, CM, O'Brien, SM, Peterson, ED, and Grover, FL. "Public reporting of cardiac surgery performance: Part 2--implementation." Ann Thorac Surg 92, no. 3 Suppl (September 2011): S12-S23. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Yang, H, O'Brien, S, and Dunson, DB. "Nonparametric Bayes Stochastically Ordered Latent Class Models." J Am Stat Assoc 106, no. 495 (September 1, 2011): 807-817. Full Text Link to Item
  - Petrucci, O, O'Brien, SM, Jacobs, ML, Jacobs, JP, Manning, PB, and Eghtesady, P. "Risk factors for mortality and morbidity after the neonatal Blalock-Taussig shunt procedure." Ann Thorac Surg 92, no. 2 (August 2011): 642-651. Full Text Link to Item
  - Glickman, SW, Lytle, BL, Ou, F-S, Mears, G, O'Brien, S, Cairns, CB, Garvey, JL, Bohle, DJ, Peterson, ED, Jollis, JG, and Granger, CB. "Care processes associated with quicker door-in-door-out times for patients with ST-elevation-myocardial infarction requiring transfer: results from a statewide regionalization program." Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 4, no. 4 (July 2011): 382-388. Full Text Link to Item
  - Jacobs, JP, Edwards, FH, Shahian, DM, Prager, RL, Wright, CD, Puskas, JD, Morales, DLS, Gammie, JS, Sanchez, JA, Haan, CK, Badhwar, V, George, KM, O'Brien, SM, Dokholyan, RS, Sheng, S, Peterson, ED, Shewan, CM, Feehan, KM, Han, JM, Jacobs, ML, Williams, WG, Mayer, JE, Chitwood, WR, Murray, GF, and Grover, FL. "Successful linking of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons database to social security data to examine survival after cardiac operations." Ann Thorac Surg 92, no. 1 (July 2011): 32-37. Full Text Link to Item
  - Burstein, DS, Jacobs, JP, Li, JS, Sheng, S, O'Brien, SM, Rossi, AF, Checchia, PA, Wernovsky, G, Welke, KF, Peterson, ED, Jacobs, ML, and Pasquali, SK. "Care models and associated outcomes in congenital heart surgery." Pediatrics 127, no. 6 (June 2011): e1482-e1489. Full Text Link to Item
  - Wallace, MC, Jaggers, J, Li, JS, Jacobs, ML, Jacobs, JP, Benjamin, DK, O'Brien, SM, Peterson, ED, Smith, PB, and Pasquali, SK. "Center variation in patient age and weight at Fontan operation and impact on postoperative outcomes." Ann Thorac Surg 91, no. 5 (May 2011): 1445-1452. Full Text Link to Item
  - Jacobs, JP, Asante-Korang, A, O'Brien, SM, Chai, PJ, Dadlani, GH, Rodriguez-Fazzi, GL, Vu, D, McCormack, J, McKenna, DE, Boucek, RJ, Cooper, DS, Saltiel, A, Carapellucci, J, van Gelder, HM, Daicoff, GR, and Quintessenza, JA. "Lessons learned from 119 consecutive cardiac transplants for pediatric and congenital heart disease." Ann Thorac Surg 91, no. 4 (April 2011): 1248-1254. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lee, R, Li, S, Rankin, JS, O'Brien, SM, Gammie, JS, Peterson, ED, McCarthy, PM, Edwards, FH, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgical Database, . "Fifteen-year outcome trends for valve surgery in North America." Ann Thorac Surg 91, no. 3 (March 2011): 677-684. Full Text Link to Item
  - Al-Khatib, SM, Sanders, GD, O'Brien, SM, Matlock, D, Zimmer, LO, Masoudi, FA, and Peterson, E. "Do physicians' attitudes toward implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy vary by patient age, gender, or race?." Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 16, no. 1 (January 2011): 77-84. Full Text Link to Item
  - Gaca, JG, Sheng, S, Daneshmand, MA, O'Brien, S, Rankin, JS, Brennan, JM, Hughes, GC, Glower, DD, Gammie, JS, and Smith, PK. "Outcomes for endocarditis surgery in North America: a simplified risk scoring system." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 141, no. 1 (January 2011): 98-106.e1-2-. Full Text Link to Item
  - Jacobs, JP, Asante-Korang, A, O'Brien, SM, Chai, PJ, Dadlani, GH, Rodriguez-Fazzi, GL, Vu, D, McCormack, J, McKenna, DE, Boucek, RJ, Cooper, DS, Saltiel, A, Carapellucci, J, Gelder, HMV, Daicoff, GR, and Quintessenza, JA. "Lessons learned from 119 consecutive cardiac transplants for pediatric and congenital heart disease (Annals of Thoracic Surgery (2011) 91 (1248-1255))." Annals of Thoracic Surgery 91, no. 6 (2011): 2028--. Full Text
  - Shahian, DM, Edwards, FH, Jacobs, JP, Prager, RL, Normand, S-LT, Shewan, CM, O'Brien, SM, Peterson, ED, and Grover, FL. "Public reporting of cardiac surgery performance: Part 1 - History, rationale, consequences." Annals of Thoracic Surgery 92, no. 3 SUPPL. (2011): S1-S11. Full Text
  - Bolling, SF, Li, S, O'Brien, SM, Brennan, JM, Prager, RL, and Gammie, JS. "Predictors of mitral valve repair: clinical and surgeon factors." Ann Thorac Surg 90, no. 6 (December 2010): 1904-1911. Full Text Link to Item
  - Pasquali, SK, Jacobs, JP, Shook, GJ, O'Brien, SM, Hall, M, Jacobs, ML, Welke, KF, Gaynor, JW, Peterson, ED, Shah, SS, and Li, JS. "Linking clinical registry data with administrative data using indirect identifiers: implementation and validation in the congenital heart surgery population." Am Heart J 160, no. 6 (December 2010): 1099-1104. Full Text Link to Item
  - Gammie, JS, Zhao, Y, Peterson, ED, O'Brien, SM, Rankin, JS, and Griffith, BP. "J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Paper for adult cardiac surgery. Less-invasive mitral valve operations: trends and outcomes from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database." Ann Thorac Surg 90, no. 5 (November 2010): 1401-1410.e1. Full Text Link to Item
  - Bennett-Guerrero, E, Zhao, Y, O'Brien, SM, Ferguson, TB, Peterson, ED, Gammie, JS, and Song, HK. "Variation in use of blood transfusion in coronary artery bypass graft surgery." JAMA 304, no. 14 (October 13, 2010): 1568-1575. Full Text Link to Item
  - Shah, BR, Cowper, PA, O'Brien, SM, Jensen, N, Drawz, M, Patel, MR, Douglas, PS, and Peterson, ED. "Patterns of cardiac stress testing after revascularization in community practice." J Am Coll Cardiol 56, no. 16 (October 12, 2010): 1328-1334. Full Text Link to Item
  - Bennett-Guerrero, E, Song, HK, Zhao, Y, Ferguson, TB, Gammie, JS, Peterson, ED, and O'Brien, SM. "Temporal changes in the use of blood products for coronary artery bypass graft surgery in North America: an analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Database." J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 24, no. 5 (October 2010): 814-816. Full Text Link to Item
  - Jacobs, JP, Edwards, FH, Shahian, DM, Haan, CK, Puskas, JD, Morales, DLS, Gammie, JS, Sanchez, JA, Brennan, JM, O'Brien, SM, Dokholyan, RS, Hammill, BG, Curtis, LH, Peterson, ED, Badhwar, V, George, KM, Mayer, JE, Chitwood, WR, Murray, GF, and Grover, FL. "Successful linking of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons adult cardiac surgery database to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medicare data." Ann Thorac Surg 90, no. 4 (October 2010): 1150-1156. Full Text Link to Item
  - Prasad, SM, Li, S, Rankin, JS, O'Brien, SM, Gammie, JS, Puskas, JD, Shahian, DM, Chedrawy, EG, and Massad, MG. "Current outcomes of simultaneous carotid endarterectomy and coronary artery bypass graft surgery in North America." World J Surg 34, no. 10 (October 2010): 2292-2298. Full Text Link to Item
  - Boehme, CC, Nabeta, P, Hillemann, D, Nicol, MP, Shenai, S, Krapp, F, Allen, J, Tahirli, R, Blakemore, R, Rustomjee, R, Milovic, A, Jones, M, O'Brien, SM, Persing, DH, Ruesch-Gerdes, S, Gotuzzo, E, Rodrigues, C, Alland, D, and Perkins, MD. "Rapid molecular detection of tuberculosis and rifampin resistance." N Engl J Med 363, no. 11 (September 9, 2010): 1005-1015. Full Text Link to Item
  - Al Habib, HF, Jacobs, JP, Mavroudis, C, Tchervenkov, CI, O'Brien, SM, Mohammadi, S, and Jacobs, ML. "Contemporary patterns of management of tetralogy of Fallot: data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database." Ann Thorac Surg 90, no. 3 (September 2010): 813-819. Full Text Link to Item
  - Glickman, SW, Granger, CB, Ou, F-S, O'Brien, S, Lytle, BL, Cairns, CB, Mears, G, Hoekstra, JW, Garvey, JL, Peterson, ED, and Jollis, JG. "Impact of a statewide ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction regionalization program on treatment times for women, minorities, and the elderly." Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 3, no. 5 (September 2010): 514-521. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kozower, BD, Sheng, S, O'Brien, SM, Liptay, MJ, Lau, CL, Jones, DR, Shahian, DM, and Wright, CD. "STS database risk models: predictors of mortality and major morbidity for lung cancer resection." Ann Thorac Surg 90, no. 3 (September 2010): 875-881. Full Text Link to Item
  - Fudge, JC, Li, S, Jaggers, J, O'Brien, SM, Peterson, ED, Jacobs, JP, Welke, KF, Jacobs, ML, Li, JS, and Pasquali, SK. "Congenital heart surgery outcomes in Down syndrome: analysis of a national clinical database." Pediatrics 126, no. 2 (August 2010): 315-322. Full Text Link to Item
  - Onaitis, M, D'Amico, T, Zhao, Y, O'Brien, S, and Harpole, D. "Risk factors for atrial fibrillation after lung cancer surgery: analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons general thoracic surgery database." Ann Thorac Surg 90, no. 2 (August 2010): 368-374. Full Text Link to Item
  - Johnson, JN, Jaggers, J, Li, S, O'Brien, SM, Li, JS, Jacobs, JP, Jacobs, ML, Welke, KF, Peterson, ED, and Pasquali, SK. "Center variation and outcomes associated with delayed sternal closure after stage 1 palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 139, no. 5 (May 2010): 1205-1210. Full Text Link to Item
  - Peterson, ED, DeLong, ER, Masoudi, FA, O'Brien, SM, Peterson, PN, Rumsfeld, JS, Shahian, DM, and Shaw, RE. "ACCF/AHA 2010 Position Statement on Composite Measures for Healthcare Performance Assessment: a report of American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to Develop a Position Statement on Composite Measures)." J Am Coll Cardiol 55, no. 16 (April 20, 2010): 1755-1766. Full Text Link to Item
  - Peterson, ED, Delong, ER, Masoudi, FA, O'Brien, SM, Peterson, PN, Rumsfeld, JS, Shahian, DM, Shaw, RE, ACCF/AHA Task Force on Performance Measures, , Goff, DC, Grady, K, Green, LA, Jenkins, KJ, Loth, A, and Radford, MJ. "ACCF/AHA 2010 Position Statement on Composite Measures for Healthcare Performance Assessment: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to develop a position statement on composite measures)." Circulation 121, no. 15 (April 20, 2010): 1780-1791. Full Text Link to Item
  - Barker, GM, O'Brien, SM, Welke, KF, Jacobs, ML, Jacobs, JP, Benjamin, DK, Peterson, ED, Jaggers, J, and Li, JS. "Major infection after pediatric cardiac surgery: a risk estimation model." Ann Thorac Surg 89, no. 3 (March 2010): 843-850. Full Text Link to Item
  - Shahian, DM, O'Brien, SM, Normand, S-LT, Peterson, ED, and Edwards, FH. "Association of hospital coronary artery bypass volume with processes of care, mortality, morbidity, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons composite quality score." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 139, no. 2 (February 2010): 273-282. Full Text Link to Item
  - Mehta, RH, Sheng, S, O'Brien, SM, Grover, FL, Gammie, JS, Ferguson, TB, Peterson, ED, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Cardiac Surgery Database Investigators, . "Reoperation for bleeding in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: incidence, risk factors, time trends, and outcomes." Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2, no. 6 (November 2009): 583-590. Full Text Link to Item
  - O'Brien, SM, Clarke, DR, Jacobs, JP, Jacobs, ML, Lacour-Gayet, FG, Pizarro, C, Welke, KF, Maruszewski, B, Tobota, Z, Miller, WJ, Hamilton, L, Peterson, ED, Mavroudis, C, and Edwards, FH. "An empirically based tool for analyzing mortality associated with congenital heart surgery." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 138, no. 5 (November 2009): 1139-1153. Full Text Link to Item
  - Tabata, M, Grab, JD, Khalpey, Z, Edwards, FH, O'Brien, SM, Cohn, LH, and Bolman, RM. "Prevalence and variability of internal mammary artery graft use in contemporary multivessel coronary artery bypass graft surgery: analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Cardiac Database." Circulation 120, no. 11 (September 15, 2009): 935-940. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hernandez, AF, Li, S, Dokholyan, RS, O'Brien, SM, Ferguson, TB, and Peterson, ED. "Variation in perioperative vasoactive therapy in cardiovascular surgical care: data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons." Am Heart J 158, no. 1 (July 2009): 47-52. Full Text Link to Item
  - O'Brien, SM, Shahian, DM, Filardo, G, Ferraris, VA, Haan, CK, Rich, JB, Normand, S-LT, DeLong, ER, Shewan, CM, Dokholyan, RS, Peterson, ED, Edwards, FH, Anderson, RP, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons Quality Measurement Task Force, . "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 cardiac surgery risk models: part 2--isolated valve surgery." Ann Thorac Surg 88, no. 1 Suppl (July 2009): S23-S42. Full Text Link to Item
  - Shahian, DM, O'Brien, SM, Filardo, G, Ferraris, VA, Haan, CK, Rich, JB, Normand, S-LT, DeLong, ER, Shewan, CM, Dokholyan, RS, Peterson, ED, Edwards, FH, Anderson, RP, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons Quality Measurement Task Force, . "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 cardiac surgery risk models: part 1--coronary artery bypass grafting surgery." Ann Thorac Surg 88, no. 1 Suppl (July 2009): S2-22. Full Text Link to Item
  - Shahian, DM, O'Brien, SM, Filardo, G, Ferraris, VA, Haan, CK, Rich, JB, Normand, S-LT, DeLong, ER, Shewan, CM, Dokholyan, RS, Peterson, ED, Edwards, FH, Anderson, RP, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons Quality Measurement Task Force, . "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 cardiac surgery risk models: part 3--valve plus coronary artery bypass grafting surgery." Ann Thorac Surg 88, no. 1 Suppl (July 2009): S43-S62. Full Text Link to Item
  - Gammie, JS, Sheng, S, Griffith, BP, Peterson, ED, Rankin, JS, O'Brien, SM, and Brown, JM. "Trends in mitral valve surgery in the United States: results from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database." Ann Thorac Surg 87, no. 5 (May 2009): 1431-1437. Full Text Link to Item
  - Welke, KF, O'Brien, SM, Peterson, ED, Ungerleider, RM, Jacobs, ML, and Jacobs, JP. "The complex relationship between pediatric cardiac surgical case volumes and mortality rates in a national clinical database." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 137, no. 5 (May 2009): 1133-1140. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ad, N, Barnett, SD, Haan, CK, O'Brien, SM, Milford-Beland, S, and Speir, AM. "Does preoperative atrial fibrillation increase the risk for mortality and morbidity after coronary artery bypass grafting?." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 137, no. 4 (April 2009): 901-906. Full Text Link to Item
  - Wright, CD, Kucharczuk, JC, O'Brien, SM, Grab, JD, Allen, MS, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database, . "Predictors of major morbidity and mortality after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: a Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database risk adjustment model." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 137, no. 3 (March 2009): 587-595. Full Text Link to Item
  - Brown, JM, O'Brien, SM, Wu, C, Sikora, JAH, Griffith, BP, and Gammie, JS. "Isolated aortic valve replacement in North America comprising 108,687 patients in 10 years: changes in risks, valve types, and outcomes in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 137, no. 1 (January 2009): 82-90. Full Text Link to Item
  - Jacobs, JP, Jacobs, ML, Lacour-Gayet, FG, Jenkins, KJ, Gauvreau, K, Bacha, E, Maruszewski, B, Clarke, DR, Tchervenkonv, CI, Gaynor, JW, Spray, TL, Stellin, G, O'Brien, SM, Elliott, MJ, and Mavroudis, C. "Stratification of complexity improves the utility and accuracy of outcomes analysis in a multi-institutional congenital heart surgery database: Application of the Risk Adjustment in Congenital Heart Surgery (RACHS-1) and Aristotle systems in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) congenital heart surgery database." Pediatric Cardiology 30, no. 8 (January 1, 2009): 1117-1130. Full Text
  - Jacobs, JP, Jacobs, ML, Lacour-Gayet, FG, Jenkins, KJ, Gauvreau, K, Bacha, E, Maruszewski, B, Clarke, DR, Tchervenkov, CI, Gaynor, JW, Spray, TL, Stellin, G, O'Brien, SM, Elliott, MJ, and Mavroudis, C. "Stratification of Complexity Improves the Utility and Accuracy of Outcomes Analysis in a Multi-Institutional Congenital Heart Surgery Database: Application of the Risk Adjustment in Congenital Heart Surgery (RACHS-1) and Aristotle Systems in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Congenital Heart Surgery Database." Pediatric Cardiology (2009): 1-14. Full Text
  - O'Brien, SM, and Gauvreau, K. "Statistical issues in the analysis and interpretation of outcomes for congenital cardiac surgery." Cardiol Young 18 Suppl 2 (December 2008): 145-151. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - O'Brien, SM, Delong, ER, and Peterson, ED. "Impact of case volume on hospital performance assessment." Arch Intern Med 168, no. 12 (June 23, 2008): 1277-1284. Full Text Link to Item
  - Song, HK, Grab, JD, O'Brien, SM, Welke, KF, Edwards, F, and Ungerleider, RM. "Gender differences in mortality after mitral valve operation: evidence for higher mortality in perimenopausal women." Ann Thorac Surg 85, no. 6 (June 2008): 2040-2044. Full Text Link to Item
  - Wright, CD, Gaissert, HA, Grab, JD, O'Brien, SM, Peterson, ED, and Allen, MS. "Predictors of prolonged length of stay after lobectomy for lung cancer: a Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database risk-adjustment model." Ann Thorac Surg 85, no. 6 (June 2008): 1857-1865. Full Text Link to Item
  - Jacobs, JP, O'Brien, SM, Chai, PJ, Morell, VO, Lindberg, HL, and Quintessenza, JA. "Management of 239 patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and related malformations from 1993 to 2007." Ann Thorac Surg 85, no. 5 (May 2008): 1691-1696. Full Text Link to Item
  - Curzon, CL, Milford-Beland, S, Li, JS, O'Brien, SM, Jacobs, JP, Jacobs, ML, Welke, KF, Lodge, AJ, Peterson, ED, and Jaggers, J. "Cardiac surgery in infants with low birth weight is associated with increased mortality: analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Database." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 135, no. 3 (March 2008): 546-551. Full Text Link to Item
  - Gammie, JS, Haddad, M, Milford-Beland, S, Welke, KF, Ferguson, TB, O'Brien, SM, Griffith, BP, and Peterson, ED. "Atrial fibrillation correction surgery: lessons from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Cardiac Database." Ann Thorac Surg 85, no. 3 (March 2008): 909-914. Full Text Link to Item
  - Mehta, RH, Grab, JD, O'Brien, SM, Glower, DD, Haan, CK, Gammie, JS, Peterson, ED, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Cardiac Database Investigators, . "Clinical characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of patients with cardiogenic shock undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: insights from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Cardiac Database." Circulation 117, no. 7 (February 19, 2008): 876-885. Full Text Link to Item
  - Singh, M, Gersh, BJ, Li, S, Rumsfeld, JS, Spertus, JA, O'Brien, SM, Suri, RM, and Peterson, ED. "Mayo Clinic Risk Score for percutaneous coronary intervention predicts in-hospital mortality in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery." Circulation 117, no. 3 (January 22, 2008): 356-362. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hernandez, AF, and O'Brien, SM. "Sex differences in hospital risk-adjusted mortality rates for medicare beneficiaries undergoing CABG surgery - Invited commentary." Archives of Internal Medicine 168, no. 21 (2008): 2323-2325.
  - O'Brien, SM, DeLong, ER, Dokholyan, RS, Edwards, FH, and Peterson, ED. "Exploring the behavior of hospital composite performance measures: an example from coronary artery bypass surgery." Circulation 116, no. 25 (December 18, 2007): 2969-2975. Full Text Link to Item
  - Albalak, R, O'Brien, RJ, Kammerer, JS, O'Brien, SM, Marks, SM, Castro, KG, and Moore, M. "Trends in tuberculosis/human immunodeficiency virus comorbidity, United States, 1993-2004." Arch Intern Med 167, no. 22 (December 10, 2007): 2443-2452. Full Text Link to Item
  - O'Brien, SM, Jacobs, JP, Clarke, DR, Maruszewski, B, Jacobs, ML, Walters, HL, Tchervenkov, CI, Welke, KF, Tobota, Z, Stellin, G, Mavroudis, C, Hamilton, JRL, Gaynor, JW, Pozzi, M, and Lacour-Gayet, FG. "Accuracy of the aristotle basic complexity score for classifying the mortality and morbidity potential of congenital heart surgery operations." Ann Thorac Surg 84, no. 6 (December 2007): 2027-2037. Full Text Link to Item
  - Puskas, JD, Edwards, FH, Pappas, PA, O'Brien, S, Peterson, ED, Kilgo, P, and Ferguson, TB. "Off-pump techniques benefit men and women and narrow the disparity in mortality after coronary bypass grafting." Ann Thorac Surg 84, no. 5 (November 2007): 1447-1454. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rankin, JS, Milford-Beland, S, O'Brien, SM, Edwards, FH, Peterson, ED, Glower, DD, Ferguson, TB, and Stratton, CW. "The risk of valve surgery for endocarditis in patients with dialysis-dependent renal failure." J Heart Valve Dis 16, no. 6 (November 2007): 617-622. Link to Item
  - Welke, KF, Peterson, ED, Vaughan-Sarrazin, MS, O'Brien, SM, Rosenthal, GE, Shook, GJ, Dokholyan, RS, Haan, CK, and Ferguson, TB. "Comparison of cardiac surgery volumes and mortality rates between the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and Medicare databases from 1993 through 2001." Ann Thorac Surg 84, no. 5 (November 2007): 1538-1546. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hernandez, AF, Grab, JD, Gammie, JS, O'Brien, SM, Hammill, BG, Rogers, JG, Camacho, MT, Dullum, MK, Ferguson, TB, and Peterson, ED. "A decade of short-term outcomes in post cardiac surgery ventricular assist device implantation: data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons' National Cardiac Database." Circulation 116, no. 6 (August 7, 2007): 606-612. Full Text Link to Item
  - O'Brien, SM, and Peterson, ED. "Identifying high-quality hospitals: consult the ratings or flip a coin?." Arch Intern Med 167, no. 13 (July 9, 2007): 1342-1344. Full Text Link to Item
  - Haan, CK, Milford-Beland, S, O'Brien, S, Mark, D, Dullum, M, Ferguson, TB, and Peterson, ED. "Impact of residency status on perfusion times and outcomes for coronary artery bypass graft surgery." Ann Thorac Surg 83, no. 6 (June 2007): 2103-2110. Full Text Link to Item
  - Bridges, CR, O'Brien, SM, Cleveland, JC, Savage, EB, Gammie, JS, Edwards, FH, Peterson, ED, and Grover, FL. "Association between indices of prosthesis internal orifice size and operative mortality after isolated aortic valve replacement." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 133, no. 4 (April 2007): 1012-1021. Full Text Link to Item
  - O'Brien, SM, Shahian, DM, DeLong, ER, Normand, S-LT, Edwards, FH, Ferraris, VA, Haan, CK, Rich, JB, Shewan, CM, Dokholyan, RS, Anderson, RP, and Peterson, ED. "Quality measurement in adult cardiac surgery: part 2--Statistical considerations in composite measure scoring and provider rating." Ann Thorac Surg 83, no. 4 Suppl (April 2007): S13-S26. Full Text Link to Item
  - Shahian, DM, Edwards, FH, Ferraris, VA, Haan, CK, Rich, JB, Normand, S-LT, DeLong, ER, O'Brien, SM, Shewan, CM, Dokholyan, RS, Peterson, ED, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons Quality Measurement Task Force, . "Quality measurement in adult cardiac surgery: part 1--Conceptual framework and measure selection." Ann Thorac Surg 83, no. 4 Suppl (April 2007): S3-12. Full Text Link to Item
  - Savage, EB, Grab, JD, O'Brien, SM, Ali, A, Okum, EJ, Perez-Tamayo, RA, Eiferman, DS, Peterson, ED, Edwards, FH, and Higgins, RSD. "Use of both internal thoracic arteries in diabetic patients increases deep sternal wound infection." Ann Thorac Surg 83, no. 3 (March 2007): 1002-1006. Full Text Link to Item
  - Gammie, JS, O'Brien, SM, Griffith, BP, Ferguson, TB, and Peterson, ED. "Influence of hospital procedural volume on care process and mortality for patients undergoing elective surgery for mitral regurgitation." Circulation 115, no. 7 (February 20, 2007): 881-887. Full Text Link to Item
  - Gammie, JS, O'Brien, SM, Griffith, BP, Ferguson, TB, and Peterson, ED. "Response to letter regarding article, "Influence of hospital procedural volume on care process and mortality for patients undergoing elective surgery for mitral regurgitation" [2]." Circulation 116, no. 7 (2007): e147-. Full Text
  - Lacour-Gayet, F, Jacobs, JP, Clarke, DR, Maruszewski, B, Jacobs, ML, O'Brien, SM, and Mavroudis, C. "Evaluation of the quality of care in congenital heart surgery: contribution of the Aristotle complexity score." Adv Pediatr 54 (2007): 67-83. Link to Item
  - Mehta, RH, Grab, JD, O'Brien, SM, Bridges, CR, Gammie, JS, Haan, CK, Ferguson, TB, Peterson, ED, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Cardiac Surgery Database Investigators, . "Bedside tool for predicting the risk of postoperative dialysis in patients undergoing cardiac surgery." Circulation 114, no. 21 (November 21, 2006): 2208-2216. Full Text Link to Item
  - DiSesa, VJ, O'Brien, SM, Welke, KF, Beland, SM, Haan, CK, Vaughan-Sarrazin, MS, and Peterson, ED. "Contemporary impact of state certificate-of-need regulations for cardiac surgery: an analysis using the Society of Thoracic Surgeons' National Cardiac Surgery Database." Circulation 114, no. 20 (November 14, 2006): 2122-2129. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hernandez, AF, Velazquez, EJ, Dullum, MKC, O'Brien, SM, Ferguson, TB, and Peterson, ED. "Contemporary performance of surgical ventricular restoration procedures: data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons' National Cardiac Database." Am Heart J 152, no. 3 (September 2006): 494-499. Full Text Link to Item
  - Haan, CK, O'Brien, S, Edwards, FH, Peterson, ED, and Ferguson, TB. "Trends in emergency coronary artery bypass grafting after percutaneous coronary intervention, 1994-2003." Ann Thorac Surg 81, no. 5 (May 2006): 1658-1665. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rankin, JS, Hammill, BG, Ferguson, TB, Glower, DD, O'Brien, SM, DeLong, ER, Peterson, ED, and Edwards, FH. "Determinants of operative mortality in valvular heart surgery." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 131, no. 3 (March 2006): 547-557. Full Text Link to Item
  - Cooper, WA, O'Brien, SM, Thourani, VH, Guyton, RA, Bridges, CR, Szczech, LA, Petersen, R, and Peterson, ED. "Impact of renal dysfunction on outcomes of coronary artery bypass surgery: results from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Adult Cardiac Database." Circulation 113, no. 8 (February 28, 2006): 1063-1070. Full Text Link to Item
  - O'Brien, SM, Kupper, LL, and Dunson, DB. "Performance of tests of association in misspecified generalized linear models." Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 136, no. 9 (2006): 3090-3100. Full Text
  - Gammie, JS, O'Brien, SM, Griffith, BP, and Peterson, ED. "Surgical treatment of mitral valve endocarditis in North America." Ann Thorac Surg 80, no. 6 (December 2005): 2199-2204. Full Text Link to Item
  - Fowler, VG, O'Brien, SM, Muhlbaier, LH, Corey, GR, Ferguson, TB, and Peterson, ED. "Clinical predictors of major infections after cardiac surgery." Circulation 112, no. 9 Suppl (August 30, 2005): I358-I365. Full Text Link to Item
  - Taylor, NE, O'Brien, S, Edwards, FH, Peterson, ED, and Bridges, CR. "Relationship between race and mortality and morbidity after valve replacement surgery." Circulation 111, no. 10 (March 15, 2005): 1305-1312. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - O'Brien, SM, and Dunson, DB. "Bayesian multivariate logistic regression." Biometrics 60, no. 3 (September 2004): 739-746. Full Text Link to Item
  - O'Brien, SM. "Cutpoint selection for categorizing a continuous predictor." Biometrics 60, no. 2 (June 2004): 504-509. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kiser, AC, O'Brien, SM, and Detterbeck, FC. "Blunt tracheobronchial injuries: treatment and outcomes." Ann Thorac Surg 71, no. 6 (June 2001): 2059-2065. (Review) Link to Item
  - Mukherji, SK, Mancuso, AA, O'Brien, S, Mendenhall, W, Weissler, M, and Pillsbury, HC. "The ability of tumor volume to predict relative risks of local failure associated with surgical and non-surgical treatment of supraglottic carcinoma." Asian Oceanian Journal of Radiology 6, no. 1 (2001): 13-20.
  - Serody, JS, Berrey, MM, Albritton, K, O'Brien, SM, Capel, EP, Bigelow, SH, Weber, DJ, Gabriel, , Wiley, JM, Schell, MJ, Gilligan, PH, and Shea, TC. "Utility of obtaining blood cultures in febrile neutropenic patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation." Bone Marrow Transplant 26, no. 5 (September 2000): 533-538. Full Text Link to Item
  - Braeuning, MP, Earp, JL, O'Brien, SM, Schell, MJ, Denham, AC, Pisano, ED, and O'Malley, MS. "Informing patients of diagnostic mammography results: mammographer's opinions." Acad Radiol 7, no. 5 (May 2000): 335-340. Link to Item
  - Mukherji, SK, O'Brien, SM, Gerstle, RJ, Weissler, M, Shockley, W, Stone, JA, and Castillo, M. "The ability of tumor volume to predict local control in surgically treated squamous cell carcinoma of the supraglottic larynx." Head Neck 22, no. 3 (May 2000): 282-287. Link to Item
  - Braeuning, MP, Cooper, HW, O'Brien, S, Burns, CB, Washburn, DB, Schell, MJ, and Pisano, ED. "Effects of processing conditions on mammographic image quality." Acad Radiol 6, no. 8 (August 1999): 464-470. Link to Item
  - Mukherji, SK, Gapany, M, Phillips, D, Neelon, B, O'Brien, S, McCartney, W, Buejenovich, S, Parekh, JS, Noordzij, JP, and Castillo, M. "Thallium-201 single-photon emission CT versus CT for the detection of recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck." AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 20, no. 7 (August 1999): 1215-1220. Link to Item
  - Mukherji, SK, O'Brien, SM, Gerstle, RJ, Weissler, M, Shockley, W, and Castillo, M. "Tumor volume: an independent predictor of outcome for laryngeal cancer." J Comput Assist Tomogr 23, no. 1 (January 1999): 50-54. Link to Item

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