Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Research Fellow, NIEHS 2002 - 2004
  • Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2002
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • 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
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  Selected Grants

  • The North Carolina Congenital Heart Disease Surveillance Network awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019 - 2024
  • RADx-UP CDCC awarded by National Institutes of Health 2020 - 2024
  • Unified Program for Therapeutics in Children awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2024
  • Postdoctoral Training in Cardiovascular Clinical Research awarded by National Institutes of Health 2003 - 2024
  • ACTIV-6: COVID-19 Outpatient Randomized Trial to Evaluate Efficacy of Repurposed Medications awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2023
  • Duke CTSA (TL1) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2023
  • ISCHEMIA-CKD SDCC awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2022
  • ACTIV-1 awarded by Technical Resources International 2020 - 2022
  • The ISCHEMIA Trial - SDCC awarded by National Institutes of Health 2011 - 2022
  • Leveraging registry resources for efficient and cost effective clinical trials awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2022
  • Integrated Biostatistical Training for CVD Research awarded by North Carolina State University 2017 - 2022
  • Administrative Claims-based Efficiencies for the Advancement of Regulatory Sciences awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2014 - 2021
  • Understanding Quality and Costs in Congenital Heart Surgery awarded by Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2014 - 2021
  • North Carolina Congenital Heart Defects Surveillance Network awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015 - 2020
  • Optimizing Health Outcomes in Patients with Symptomatic Aortic Valve Disease awarded by Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute 2014 - 2020
  • CIAO-ISCHEMIA awarded by New York University 2017 - 2019
  • Methodology for Linking Clinical and Administrative Databases awarded by Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute 2014 - 2019
  • The ISCHEMIA Trial - SDCC- Subcontract with NYU awarded by New York University 2017 - 2019
  • The ISCHEMIA Trial - SDCC awarded by National Institutes of Health 2011 - 2019
  • Statistical Methods for Complex Data in Cardiovascular Disease awarded by North Carolina State University 2013 - 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
  • 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
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  External Relationships

  • National Quality Forum
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Books

    • Kupper, L. L., B. Neelon, and S. M. O’Brien. Exercises and solutions in statistical theory, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1201/b15026.
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  • Academic Articles

    • Reynolds, Harmony R., Leslee J. Shaw, James K. Min, Courtney B. Page, Daniel S. Berman, Bernard R. Chaitman, Michael H. Picard, et al. “Outcomes in the ISCHEMIA Trial Based on Coronary Artery Disease and Ischemia Severity.” Circulation 144, no. 13 (September 28, 2021): 1024–38. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.049755.
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    • White, Harvey D., Sean M. O’Brien, Karen P. Alexander, William E. Boden, Sripal Bangalore, Jianghao Li, Cholenahally N. Manjunath, et al. “Comparison of Days Alive Out of Hospital With Initial Invasive vs Conservative Management: A Prespecified Analysis of the ISCHEMIA Trial.” Jama Cardiol 6, no. 9 (September 1, 2021): 1023–31. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2021.1651.
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    • Shahian, David M., Vinay Badhwar, Paul A. Kurlansky, Michael E. Bowdish, Kevin W. Lobdell, Anthony P. Furnary, Vinod H. Thourani, et al. “The STS Participant-Level, Multiprocedural Composite Measure for Adult Cardiac Surgery.” The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, August 8, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.06.084.
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    • Jacobs, Jeffrey P., David M. Shahian, Vinay Badhwar, Dylan P. Thibault, Vinod H. Thourani, J Scott Rankin, Paul A. Kurlansky, et al. “The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2021 Adult Cardiac Surgery Risk Models for Multiple Valve Operations.” Ann Thorac Surg, August 4, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.03.089.
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    • Desai, Nimesh D., Sean M. O’Brien, David J. Cohen, John Carroll, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Suzanne V. Arnold, John K. Forrest, et al. “Composite Metric for Benchmarking Site Performance in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Results From the STS/ACC TVT Registry.” Circulation 144, no. 3 (July 20, 2021): 186–94. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.051456.
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    • Shahian, David M., Michael E. Bowdish, Jordan P. Bloom, Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos, James R. Edgerton, Mark S. Antman, Paul A. Kurlansky, et al. “The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Composite Measure: 2021 Methodology Update.” Ann Thorac Surg, July 17, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.06.036.
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    • Jawitz, Oliver K., Jennifer S. Lawton, Dylan Thibault, Sean O’Brien, Robert S. D. Higgins, Stefano Schena, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Kevin L. Thomas, and Brittany A. Zwischenberger. “Sex Differences in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Techniques: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Analysis.” Ann Thorac Surg, July 16, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.06.039.
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    • Kurlansky, Paul A., Sean M. O’Brien, Christina M. Vassileva, Kevin W. Lobdell, Fred H. Edwards, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Moritz Wyler von Ballmoos, et al. “Failure to Rescue: A New Society of Thoracic Surgeons Quality Metric for Cardiac Surgery.” Ann Thorac Surg, July 6, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.06.025.
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    • Mancini, GB John, Jonathan Leipsic, Matthew J. Budoff, Cameron J. Hague, James K. Min, Susanna R. Stevens, Harmony R. Reynolds, et al. “CT Angiography Followed by Invasive Angiography in Patients With Moderate or Severe Ischemia-Insights From the ISCHEMIA Trial.” Jacc. Cardiovascular Imaging 14, no. 7 (July 2021): 1384–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.11.012.
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    • Metkus, Thomas S., Dylan Thibault, Michael C. Grant, Vinay Badhwar, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Jennifer Lawton, Sean M. O’Brien, et al. “Transesophageal Echocardiography in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.” Journal of the American College of Cardiology 78, no. 2 (July 2021): 112–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2021.04.064.
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    • Jacobs, Jeffrey P., David M. Shahian, Maria Grau-Sepulveda, Sean M. O’Brien, Eric Y. Pruitt, Jordan P. Bloom, James R. Edgerton, et al. “Current Penetration, Completeness, and Representativeness of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database.” Ann Thorac Surg, June 18, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.04.107.
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    • Pasquali, Sara K., Dylan Thibault, Matt Hall, Karen Chiswell, Jennifer C. Romano, J William Gaynor, David M. Shahian, et al. “Evolving Cost-Quality Relationship in Pediatric Heart Surgery.” Ann Thorac Surg, June 8, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.05.050.
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    • Axfors, Cathrine, Andreas M. Schmitt, Perrine Janiaud, Janneke Van’t Hooft, Sherief Abd-Elsalam, Ehab F. Abdo, Benjamin S. Abella, et al. “Mortality outcomes with hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine in COVID-19 from an international collaborative meta-analysis of randomized trials.” Nature Communications 12, no. 1 (April 15, 2021): 2349. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22446-z.
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    • Chaitman, Bernard R., Karen P. Alexander, Derek D. Cyr, Jeffrey S. Berger, Harmony R. Reynolds, Sripal Bangalore, William E. Boden, et al. “Myocardial Infarction in the ISCHEMIA Trial: Impact of Different Definitions on Incidence, Prognosis, and Treatment Comparisons.” Circulation 143, no. 8 (February 2021): 790–804. https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.120.047987.
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    • Pasquali, Sara K., Dylan Thibault, Sean M. O’Brien, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, J William Gaynor, Jennifer C. Romano, Michael Gaies, et al. “National Variation in Congenital Heart Surgery Outcomes.” Circulation 142, no. 14 (October 6, 2020): 1351–60. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.046962.
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    • Pasquali, Sara K., Karen Chiswell, Matt Hall, Dylan Thibault, Jennifer C. Romano, J William Gaynor, David M. Shahian, et al. “Estimating Resource Utilization in Congenital Heart Surgery.” Ann Thorac Surg 110, no. 3 (September 2020): 962–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.01.013.
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    • Hill, Kevin D., H Scott Baldwin, David P. Bichel, Alicia M. Ellis, Eric M. Graham, Christoph P. Hornik, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, et al. “Overcoming underpowering: Trial simulations and a global rank end point to optimize clinical trials in children with heart disease.” Am Heart J 226 (August 2020): 188–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2020.05.011.
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    • Reynolds, Harmony R., Leslee J. Shaw, James K. Min, John A. Spertus, Bernard R. Chaitman, Daniel S. Berman, Michael H. Picard, et al. “Association of Sex With Severity of Coronary Artery Disease, Ischemia, and Symptom Burden in Patients With Moderate or Severe Ischemia: Secondary Analysis of the ISCHEMIA Randomized Clinical Trial.” Jama Cardiol 5, no. 7 (July 1, 2020): 773–86. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2020.0822.
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    • Shahian, David M., Benjamin D. Kozower, Felix G. Fernandez, Vinay Badhwar, and Sean M. O’Brien. “The Use and Misuse of Indirectly Standardized, Risk-Adjusted Outcomes and Star Ratings.” Ann Thorac Surg 109, no. 5 (May 2020): 1319–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.09.010.
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    • Bangalore, Sripal, David J. Maron, Sean M. O’Brien, Jerome L. Fleg, Evgeny I. Kretov, Carlo Briguori, Upendra Kaul, et al. “Management of Coronary Disease in Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease.” N Engl J Med 382, no. 17 (April 23, 2020): 1608–18. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1915925.
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    • Spertus, John A., Philip G. Jones, David J. Maron, Daniel B. Mark, Sean M. O’Brien, Jerome L. Fleg, Harmony R. Reynolds, et al. “Health Status after Invasive or Conservative Care in Coronary and Advanced Kidney Disease.” N Engl J Med 382, no. 17 (April 23, 2020): 1619–28. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1916374.
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    • Maron, David J., Judith S. Hochman, Harmony R. Reynolds, Sripal Bangalore, Sean M. O’Brien, William E. Boden, Bernard R. Chaitman, et al. “Initial Invasive or Conservative Strategy for Stable Coronary Disease.” N Engl J Med 382, no. 15 (April 9, 2020): 1395–1407. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1915922.
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    • Spertus, John A., Philip G. Jones, David J. Maron, Sean M. O’Brien, Harmony R. Reynolds, Yves Rosenberg, Gregg W. Stone, et al. “Health-Status Outcomes with Invasive or Conservative Care in Coronary Disease.” N Engl J Med 382, no. 15 (April 9, 2020): 1408–19. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1916370.
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    • O’Brien, Emily C., Ana Maria Rodriguez, Hye-Chung Kum, Laura E. Schanberg, Marcy Fitz-Randolph, Sean M. O’Brien, and Soko Setoguchi. “Corrigendum to "Patient perspectives on the linkage of health data for research: Insights from an online patient community questionnaire" [Int. J. Med. Inform. 127 (2019) 9-17].” Int J Med Inform 136 (April 2020): 104084. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2020.104084.
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    • Jawitz, Oliver K., Brian C. Gulack, J Matthew Brennan, Dylan P. Thibault, Alice Wang, Sean M. O’Brien, Jacob N. Schroder, Jeffrey G. Gaca, and Peter K. Smith. “Association of postoperative complications and outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting.” Am Heart J 222 (April 2020): 220–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2020.02.002.
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    • Hill, Kevin D., H Scott Baldwin, David P. Bichel, Ryan J. Butts, Reid C. Chamberlain, Alicia M. Ellis, Eric M. Graham, et al. “Rationale and design of the STeroids to REduce Systemic inflammation after infant heart Surgery (STRESS) trial.” Am Heart J 220 (February 2020): 192–202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2019.11.016.
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    • Brennan, J Matthew, Lisa Wruck, Michael J. Pencina, Robert M. Clare, Renato D. Lopes, John H. Alexander, Sean O’Brien, et al. “Claims-based cardiovascular outcome identification for clinical research: Results from 7 large randomized cardiovascular clinical trials.” Am Heart J 218 (December 2019): 110–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2019.09.002.
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    • Newman, Jonathan D., Karen P. Alexander, Xiangqiong Gu, Sean M. O’Brien, William E. Boden, Sajeev C. Govindan, Roxy Senior, et al. “Baseline Predictors of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Systolic Blood Pressure Goal Attainment After 1 Year in the ISCHEMIA Trial.” Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 12, no. 11 (November 2019): e006002. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.119.006002.
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    • Greene, Nathaniel H., Rachel G. Greenberg, Sean M. O’Brien, Alex R. Kemper, Marie Lynn Miranda, Reese H. Clark, and P Brian Smith. “Variation in Gastrostomy Tube Placement in Premature Infants in the United States.” Am J Perinatol 36, no. 12 (October 2019): 1243–49. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1676591.
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    • Jacobs, Marshall L., Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Kevin D. Hill, Sean M. O’Brien, Sara K. Pasquali, David Vener, S Ram Kumar, et al. “The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2019 Update on Research.” Ann Thorac Surg 108, no. 3 (September 2019): 671–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.07.002.
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    • Thourani, Vinod H., Vinay Badhwar, David M. Shahian, Sean O’Brien, Hiroto Kitahara, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, J Matthew Brennan, et al. “The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2019 Update on Research.” Ann Thorac Surg 108, no. 2 (August 2019): 334–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.05.001.
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    • Jacobs, Jeffrey P., Sean M. O’Brien, Kevin D. Hill, S Ram Kumar, Erle H. Austin, J William Gaynor, Peter J. Gruber, et al. “Refining The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Mortality Risk Model With Enhanced Risk Adjustment for Chromosomal Abnormalities, Syndromes, and Noncardiac Congenital Anatomic Abnormalities.” Ann Thorac Surg 108, no. 2 (August 2019): 558–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.01.069.
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    • O’Brien, Emily C., Ana Maria Rodriguez, Hye-Chung Kum, Laura E. Schanberg, Marcy Fitz-Randolph, Sean M. O’Brien, and Soko Setoguchi. “Patient perspectives on the linkage of health data for research: Insights from an online patient community questionnaire.” Int J Med Inform 127 (July 2019): 9–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2019.04.003.
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    • Szerlip, Molly, Alan Zajarias, Sreekanth Vemalapalli, Matthew Brennan, Dadi Dai, Hersh Maniar, Brian R. Lindman, et al. “Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease.” J Am Coll Cardiol 73, no. 22 (June 11, 2019): 2806–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2019.03.496.
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    • Thourani, Vinod H., Sean M. O’Brien, John J. Kelly, David J. Cohen, Eric D. Peterson, Michael J. Mack, David M. Shahian, et al. “Development and Application of a Risk Prediction Model for In-Hospital Stroke After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Report From The Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry.” Ann Thorac Surg 107, no. 4 (April 2019): 1097–1103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.11.013.
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    • Hochman, Judith S., Harmony R. Reynolds, Sripal Bangalore, Sean M. O’Brien, Karen P. Alexander, Roxy Senior, William E. Boden, et al. “Baseline Characteristics and Risk Profiles of Participants in the ISCHEMIA Randomized Clinical Trial.” Jama Cardiol 4, no. 3 (March 1, 2019): 273–86. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2019.0014.
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    • O’Brien, Sean M., Jeffrey P. Jacobs, David M. Shahian, Marshall L. Jacobs, J William Gaynor, Jennifer C. Romano, Michael G. Gaies, Kevin D. Hill, John E. Mayer, and Sara K. Pasquali. “Development of a Congenital Heart Surgery Composite Quality Metric: Part 2-Analytic Methods.” Ann Thorac Surg 107, no. 2 (February 2019): 590–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.07.036.
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    • Pasquali, Sara K., David M. Shahian, Sean M. O’Brien, Marshall L. Jacobs, J William Gaynor, Jennifer C. Romano, Michael G. Gaies, Kevin D. Hill, John E. Mayer, and Jeffrey P. Jacobs. “Development of a Congenital Heart Surgery Composite Quality Metric: Part 1-Conceptual Framework.” Ann Thorac Surg 107, no. 2 (February 2019): 583–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.07.037.
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    • Bangalore, Sripal, David J. Maron, Jerome L. Fleg, Sean M. O’Brien, Charles A. Herzog, Gregg W. Stone, Daniel B. Mark, et al. “International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness with Medical and Invasive Approaches-Chronic Kidney Disease (ISCHEMIA-CKD): Rationale and design.” Am Heart J 205 (November 2018): 42–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2018.07.023.
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    • Rankin, J Scott, Maria Grau-Sepulveda, David M. Shahian, A Marc Gillinov, Rakesh Suri, James S. Gammie, Steven F. Bolling, et al. “The Impact of Mitral Disease Etiology on Operative Mortality After Mitral Valve Operations.” Ann Thorac Surg 106, no. 5 (November 2018): 1406–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.04.053.
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    • Kartha, Vyas M., Jeffrey P. Jacobs, David F. Vener, Kevin D. Hill, Neil A. Goldenberg, Sara K. Pasquali, James M. Meza, et al. “National Benchmarks for Proportions of Patients Receiving Blood Transfusions During Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery: An Analysis of the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database.” Ann Thorac Surg 106, no. 4 (October 2018): 1197–1203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.04.088.
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    • Jacobs, Marshall L., Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Kevin D. Hill, Sean M. O’Brien, Sara K. Pasquali, David Vener, S Ram Kumar, et al. “The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2018 Update on Research.” Ann Thorac Surg 106, no. 3 (September 2018): 654–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.06.032.
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    • Fallon, John M., Joseph P. DeSimone, J Matthew Brennan, Sean O’Brien, Dylan P. Thibault, Anthony W. DiScipio, Philippe Pibarot, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, and David J. Malenka. “The Incidence and Consequence of Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement.” Ann Thorac Surg 106, no. 1 (July 2018): 14–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.01.090.
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    • ISCHEMIA Trial Research Group, Yves, David J. Maron, Judith S. Hochman, Sean M. O’Brien, Harmony R. Reynolds, William E. Boden, Gregg W. Stone, et al. “International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness with Medical and Invasive Approaches (ISCHEMIA) trial: Rationale and design.” Am Heart J 201 (July 2018): 124–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2018.04.011.
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    • Bangalore, Sripal, David J. Maron, Harmony R. Reynolds, Gregg W. Stone, Sean M. O’Brien, Karen P. Alexander, and Judith S. Hochman. “ISCHEMIA: Establishing the Primary End Point.” Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 11, no. 5 (May 2018): e004791. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.004791.
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    • Shroyer, A Laurie W., William E. Gioia, Muath Bishawi, Amelia S. Wallace, Brian C. Gulack, Ying Xian, Sean M. O’Brien, Vinod H. Thourani, and Thomas V. Bilfinger. “Single- Versus Multicenter Surgeons' Risk-Adjusted Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Procedural Outcomes.” Ann Thorac Surg 105, no. 5 (May 2018): 1308–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.01.023.
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    • O’Brien, Sean M., Liqi Feng, Xia He, Ying Xian, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Vinay Badhwar, Paul A. Kurlansky, et al. “The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2018 Adult Cardiac Surgery Risk Models: Part 2-Statistical Methods and Results.” Ann Thorac Surg 105, no. 5 (May 2018): 1419–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.03.003.
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    • Shahian, David M., Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Vinay Badhwar, Paul A. Kurlansky, Anthony P. Furnary, Joseph C. Cleveland, Kevin W. Lobdell, et al. “The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2018 Adult Cardiac Surgery Risk Models: Part 1-Background, Design Considerations, and Model Development.” Ann Thorac Surg 105, no. 5 (May 2018): 1411–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.03.002.
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    • Schwann, Thomas A., Robert H. Habib, Amelia Wallace, David M. Shahian, Sean O’Brien, Jeffery P. Jacobs, John D. Puskas, et al. “Operative Outcomes of Multiple-Arterial Versus Single-Arterial Coronary Bypass Grafting.” Ann Thorac Surg 105, no. 4 (April 2018): 1109–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.10.058.
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    • Arnold, Suzanne V., Sean M. O’Brien, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, David J. Cohen, Amanda Stebbins, J Matthew Brennan, David M. Shahian, et al. “Inclusion of Functional Status Measures in the Risk Adjustment of 30-Day Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Report From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology TVT Registry.” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 11, no. 6 (March 26, 2018): 581–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2018.01.242.
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    • Crowley, Matthew J., Sana M. Al-Khatib, Tracy Y. Wang, Prateeti Khazanie, Nancy R. Kressin, Harlan M. Krumholz, Catarina I. Kiefe, et al. “How well does early-career investigators' cardiovascular outcomes research training align with funded outcomes research?” Am Heart J 196 (February 2018): 163–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2017.09.008.
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    • Khazanie, Prateeti, Sana M. Al-Khatib, Tracy Y. Wang, Matthew J. Crowley, Nancy R. Kressin, Harlan M. Krumholz, Catarina I. Kiefe, et al. “Training cardiovascular outcomes researchers: A survey of mentees and mentors to identify critical training gaps and needs.” Am Heart J 196 (February 2018): 170–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2017.07.022.
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    • Jacobs, Marshall L., Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Kevin D. Hill, Christoph Hornik, Sean M. O’Brien, Sara K. Pasquali, David Vener, et al. “The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2017 Update on Research.” Ann Thorac Surg 104, no. 3 (September 2017): 731–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.07.001.
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    • Brennan, J Matthew, Laine Thomas, David J. Cohen, David Shahian, Alice Wang, Michael J. Mack, David R. Holmes, et al. “Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: Propensity-Matched Comparison.” J Am Coll Cardiol 70, no. 4 (July 25, 2017): 439–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2017.05.060.
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    • Thourani, Vinod H., Vinay Badhwar, David M. Shahian, Fred H. Edwards, Sean O’Brien, Robert H. Habib, John J. Kelly, J Scott Rankin, Richard Prager, and Jeffrey P. Jacobs. “The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2017 Update on Research.” Ann Thorac Surg 104, no. 1 (July 2017): 22–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.05.013.
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    • WRITING COMMITTEE MEMBERS, Paul D., Deepak L. Bhatt, Joseph P. Drozda, David M. Shahian, Paul S. Chan, Gregg C. Fonarow, Paul A. Heidenreich, et al. “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.” Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 8, no. 6 (November 2015): 634–48. https://doi.org/10.1161/HCQ.0000000000000013.
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    • Jacobs, Jeffrey Phillip, Sean M. O’Brien, Sara K. Pasquali, Sunghee Kim, J William Gaynor, Christo Ivanov Tchervenkov, Tara Karamlou, et al. “The importance of patient-specific preoperative factors: an analysis of the society of thoracic surgeons congenital heart surgery database.” Ann Thorac Surg 98, no. 5 (November 2014): 1653–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.07.029.
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    • Karamlou, Tara, Marshall L. Jacobs, Sara Pasquali, Xia He, Kevin Hill, Sean O’Brien, David Michael McMullan, and Jeffrey P. Jacobs. “Surgeon and center volume influence on outcomes after arterial switch operation: analysis of the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database.” Ann Thorac Surg 98, no. 3 (September 2014): 904–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.093.
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    • Brinkman, William, Morley A. Herbert, Sean O’Brien, Giovanni Filardo, Syma Prince, Todd Dewey, Mitchell Magee, William Ryan, and Michael Mack. “Preoperative β-blocker use in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: national database analysis.” Jama Intern Med 174, no. 8 (August 2014): 1320–27. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.2356.
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    • Robertson, Jason O., Maria V. Grau-Sepulveda, Shoichi Okada, Sean M. O’Brien, J. Matthew Brennan, Ashish S. Shah, Akinobu Itoh, Ralph J. Damiano, Sunil Prasad, and Scott C. Silvestry. “Concomitant tricuspid valve surgery during implantation of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices: a Society of Thoracic Surgeons database analysis.” J Heart Lung Transplant 33, no. 6 (June 2014): 609–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2014.01.861.
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    • Reece, T Brett, Karl F. Welke, Sean O’Brien, Maria V. Grau-Sepulveda, Frederick L. Grover, and James S. Gammie. “Rethinking the ross procedure in adults.” The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 97, no. 1 (January 2014): 175–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.07.036.
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    • Gaca, Jeffrey G., Shubin Sheng, Mani Daneshmand, J Scott Rankin, Matthew L. Williams, Sean M. O’Brien, and James S. Gammie. “Current outcomes for tricuspid valve infective endocarditis surgery in North America.” Ann Thorac Surg 96, no. 4 (October 2013): 1374–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.05.046.
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    • Shahian, David M., Xia He, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, J Scott Rankin, Karl F. Welke, Giovanni Filardo, Cynthia M. Shewan, and Sean M. O’Brien. “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): 2166–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.08.120.
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    • Ad, Niv, Rakesh M. Suri, James S. Gammie, Shubin Sheng, Sean M. O’Brien, and Linda Henry. “Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation trends and outcomes in North America.” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 144, no. 5 (November 2012): 1051–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.07.065.
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    • Tavris, Dale R., James Matthew Brennan, Art Sedrakyan, Yue Zhao, Sean M. O’Brien, Eric D. Peterson, Thomas P. Gross, Danica Marinac-Dabic, and Keith A. Horvath. “Long-term outcomes after transmyocardial revascularization.” Ann Thorac Surg 94, no. 5 (November 2012): 1500–1508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.05.068.
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    • Shahian, D. M., S. M. O’Brien, S. Sheng, E. R. Delong, E. D. Peterson, M. V. Grau-Sepulveda, F. L. Grover, et al. “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 (October 16, 2012). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.130989.
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    • Brennan, J Matthew, Fred H. Edwards, Yue Zhao, Sean M. O’Brien, Pamela S. Douglas, Eric D. Peterson, and Eric D. 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): 1621–29. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.091371.
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    • Williams, Judson B., Eric D. Peterson, Yue Zhao, Sean M. O’Brien, Nicholas D. Andersen, D Craig Miller, Edward P. Chen, and G Chad Hughes. “Contemporary results for proximal aortic replacement in North America.” J Am Coll Cardiol 60, no. 13 (September 25, 2012): 1156–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2012.06.023.
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    • Brennan, J Matthew, Fred H. Edwards, Yue Zhao, Sean O’Brien, Michael E. Booth, Rachel S. Dokholyan, Pamela S. Douglas, Eric D. Peterson, and Eric D. 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): 971–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2012.05.029.
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    • Jacobs, J. P., D. M. Shahian, F. H. Edwards, S. M. O’Brien, E. H. Blackstone, J. D. Puskas, J. Schaffer, F. L. Grover, and J. E. Mayer. “Reply.” Annals of Thoracic Surgery 94, no. 2 (August 1, 2012): 693–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.04.085.
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    • Pasquali, Sara K., Xia He, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Marshall L. Jacobs, Sean M. O’Brien, and J William Gaynor. “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): 573–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.03.065.
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    • Williams, Judson B., Eric D. Peterson, J Matthew Brennan, Art Sedrakyan, Dale Tavris, John H. Alexander, Renato D. Lopes, et al. “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): 475–84. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.8363.
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    • Jacobs, Jeffrey Phillip, Sean M. O’Brien, Sara K. Pasquali, Marshall Lewis Jacobs, François G. Lacour-Gayet, Christo I. Tchervenkov, Erle H. Austin, et al. “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): 564–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.01.105.
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    • Hornik, Christoph P., Xia He, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Jennifer S. Li, Robert D. B. Jaquiss, Marshall L. Jacobs, Sean M. O’Brien, Karl Welke, Eric D. Peterson, and Sara K. Pasquali. “Relative impact of surgeon and center volume on early mortality after the Norwood operation.” Ann Thorac Surg 93, no. 6 (June 2012): 1992–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.01.107.
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    • Pasquali, Sara K., Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Xia He, Christoph P. Hornik, Robert D. B. Jaquiss, Marshall L. Jacobs, Sean M. O’Brien, Eric D. Peterson, and Jennifer S. Li. “The complex relationship between center volume and outcome in patients undergoing the Norwood operation.” Ann Thorac Surg 93, no. 5 (May 2012): 1556–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.07.081.
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    • Weintraub, William S., Maria V. Grau-Sepulveda, Jocelyn M. Weiss, Sean M. O’Brien, Eric D. Peterson, Paul Kolm, Zugui Zhang, et al. “Comparative effectiveness of revascularization strategies.” N Engl J Med 366, no. 16 (April 19, 2012): 1467–76. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1110717.
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    • Shahian, David M., Sean M. O’Brien, Shubin Sheng, Frederick L. Grover, John E. Mayer, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Jocelyn M. Weiss, et al. “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. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.066902.
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    • Weintraub, William S., Maria V. Grau-Sepulveda, Jocelyn M. Weiss, Elizabeth R. Delong, Eric D. Peterson, Sean M. O’Brien, Paul Kolm, et al. “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): 1501–10. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.066969.
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    • Pasquali, Sara K., Jennifer S. Li, Xia He, Marshall L. Jacobs, Sean M. O’Brien, Matthew Hall, Robert D. B. Jaquiss, et al. “Comparative analysis of antifibrinolytic medications in pediatric heart surgery.” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 143, no. 3 (March 2012): 550–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.06.048.
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    • Pasquali, Sara K., Jennifer S. Li, Xia He, Marshall L. Jacobs, Sean M. O’Brien, Matthew Hall, Robert D. B. Jaquiss, et al. “Perioperative methylprednisolone and outcome in neonates undergoing heart surgery.” Pediatrics 129, no. 2 (February 2012): e385–91. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2011-2034.
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    • ElBardissi, Andrew W., Sary F. Aranki, Shubin Sheng, Sean M. O’Brien, Caprice C. Greenberg, and James S. Gammie. “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): 273–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.10.029.
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    • Pasquali, S. K., J. S. Li, D. S. Burstein, S. Sheng, S. M. O’Brien, M. L. Jacobs, R. D. Jaquiss, E. D. Peterson, J. W. Gaynor, and J. P. Jacobs. “Association of center volume with mortality and complications in pediatric heart surgery.” Pediatrics 129, no. 2 (February 2012): e370–76. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2011-1188.
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    • Brennan, J Matthew, Karen P. Alexander, Amelie Wallace, Audra B. Hodges, John C. Laschinger, Kent W. Jones, Sean O’Brien, Laura E. Webb, Rachel S. Dokholyan, and Eric D. Peterson. “Patterns of anticoagulation following bioprosthetic valve implantation: observations from ANSWER.” J Heart Valve Dis 21, no. 1 (January 2012): 78–87.
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    • Russell, Hyde M., Sara K. Pasquali, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Marshall L. Jacobs, Sean M. O’Brien, Constantine Mavroudis, and Carl L. Backer. “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): 164–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.04.121.
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    • Jacobs, Jeffrey Phillip, Sean M. O’Brien, Sara K. Pasquali, Marshall Lewis Jacobs, Francois G. Lacour-Gayet, Christo I. Tchervenkov, Erle H. Austin, et al. “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): 2184–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.008.
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    • Shah, Bimal R., Patricia A. Cowper, Sean M. O’Brien, Neil Jensen, Manesh R. Patel, Pamela S. Douglas, and Eric D. Peterson. “Association between physician billing and cardiac stress testing patterns following coronary revascularization.” Jama 306, no. 18 (November 9, 2011): 1993–2000. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.1604.
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    • Eapen, Zubin J., Gregg C. Fonarow, David Dai, Sean M. O’Brien, Lee H. Schwamm, Christopher P. Cannon, Paul A. Heidenreich, et al. “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): 610–18. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.961391.
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    • Hornik, Christoph P., Xia He, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Jennifer S. Li, Robert D. B. Jaquiss, Marshall L. Jacobs, Sean M. O’Brien, Eric D. Peterson, and Sara K. Pasquali. “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): 1734–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.100.
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    • Williams, Judson B., Adrian F. Hernandez, Shuang Li, Rachel S. Dokholyan, Sean M. O’Brien, Peter K. Smith, T Bruce Ferguson, and Eric D. Peterson. “Postoperative inotrope and vasopressor use following CABG: outcome data from the CAPS-care study.” J Card Surg 26, no. 6 (November 2011): 572–78. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01301.x.
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    • Quin, Jacquelyn A., Shubin Sheng, Sean M. O’Brien, Karl F. Welke, Frederick L. Grover, and A Laurie Shroyer. “Regional variation in patient risk factors and mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting.” Ann Thorac Surg 92, no. 4 (October 2011): 1277–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.062.
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    • Mehta, Rajendra H., Emily Honeycutt, Uptal D. Patel, Renato D. Lopes, Judson B. Williams, Linda K. Shaw, Sean M. O’Brien, Robert M. Califf, G Chad Hughes, and Michael H. Sketch. “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): S149–55. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.011700.
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    • Shahian, David M., Fred H. Edwards, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Richard L. Prager, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, Cynthia M. Shewan, Sean M. O’Brien, Eric D. Peterson, and Frederick L. Grover. “Public reporting of cardiac surgery performance: Part 2--implementation.” Ann Thorac Surg 92, no. 3 Suppl (September 2011): S12–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.101.
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    • Yang, Hongxia, Sean O’Brien, and David B. Dunson. “Nonparametric Bayes Stochastically Ordered Latent Class Models.” J Am Stat Assoc 106, no. 495 (September 1, 2011): 807–17. https://doi.org/10.1198/jasa.2011.ap10058.
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    • Petrucci, Orlando, Sean M. O’Brien, Marshall L. Jacobs, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Peter B. Manning, and Pirooz Eghtesady. “Risk factors for mortality and morbidity after the neonatal Blalock-Taussig shunt procedure.” Ann Thorac Surg 92, no. 2 (August 2011): 642–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.02.030.
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    • Glickman, Seth W., Barbara L. Lytle, Fang-Shu Ou, Greg Mears, Sean O’Brien, Charles B. Cairns, J Lee Garvey, et al. “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): 382–88. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.110.959643.
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    • Jacobs, Jeffrey Phillip, Fred H. Edwards, David M. Shahian, Richard L. Prager, Cameron D. Wright, John D. Puskas, David L. S. Morales, et al. “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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.02.029.
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    • Burstein, Danielle S., Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Jennifer S. Li, Shubin Sheng, Sean M. O’Brien, Anthony F. Rossi, Paul A. Checchia, et al. “Care models and associated outcomes in congenital heart surgery.” Pediatrics 127, no. 6 (June 2011): e1482–89. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2010-2796.
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    • Jacobs, J. P., A. Asante-Korang, S. M. O’Brien, P. J. Chai, G. H. Dadlani, G. L. Rodriguez-Fazzi, D. Vu, et al. “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 (June 1, 2011): 2028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.03.121.
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    • Wallace, Michelle C., James Jaggers, Jennifer S. Li, Marshall L. Jacobs, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Daniel K. Benjamin, Sean M. O’Brien, Eric D. Peterson, P Brian Smith, and Sara K. Pasquali. “Center variation in patient age and weight at Fontan operation and impact on postoperative outcomes.” Ann Thorac Surg 91, no. 5 (May 2011): 1445–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.064.
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    • Jacobs, Jeffrey Phillip, Alfred Asante-Korang, Sean M. O’Brien, Paul Jubeong Chai, Gul H. Dadlani, Gerson L. Rodriguez-Fazzi, Dien Vu, et al. “Lessons learned from 119 consecutive cardiac transplants for pediatric and congenital heart disease.” Ann Thorac Surg 91, no. 4 (April 2011): 1248–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.10.083.
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    • Lee, Richard, Shuang Li, J Scott Rankin, Sean M. O’Brien, James S. Gammie, Eric D. Peterson, Patrick M. McCarthy, Fred H. Edwards, and Fred H. 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): 677–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.009.
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    • Al-Khatib, Sana M., Gillian D. Sanders, Sean M. O’Brien, Daniel Matlock, Louise O. Zimmer, Frederick A. Masoudi, and Eric Peterson. “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. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1542-474X.2010.00412.x.
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    • Gaca, Jeffrey G., Shubin Sheng, Mani A. Daneshmand, Sean O’Brien, J Scott Rankin, J Matthew Brennan, G Chad Hughes, Donald D. Glower, James S. Gammie, and Peter K. Smith. “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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.09.016.
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    • Shahian, D. M., F. H. Edwards, J. P. Jacobs, R. L. Prager, S. L. T. Normand, C. M. Shewan, S. M. O’Brien, E. D. Peterson, and F. L. Grover. “Public reporting of cardiac surgery performance: Part 1 - History, rationale, consequences.” Annals of Thoracic Surgery 92, no. 3 SUPPL. (January 1, 2011). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.102.
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    • Pasquali, Sara K., Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Gregory J. Shook, Sean M. O’Brien, Matthew Hall, Marshall L. Jacobs, Karl F. Welke, et al. “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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2010.08.010.
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    • Bolling, Steven F., Shuang Li, Sean M. O’Brien, J Matthew Brennan, Richard L. Prager, and James S. Gammie. “Predictors of mitral valve repair: clinical and surgeon factors.” Ann Thorac Surg 90, no. 6 (December 2010): 1904–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.07.062.
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    • Gammie, James S., Yue Zhao, Eric D. Peterson, Sean M. O’Brien, J Scott Rankin, and Bartley P. Griffith. “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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.055.
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    • Bennett-Guerrero, Elliott, Yue Zhao, Sean M. O’Brien, T. B. Ferguson, Eric D. Peterson, James S. Gammie, and Howard K. Song. “Variation in use of blood transfusion in coronary artery bypass graft surgery.” Jama 304, no. 14 (October 13, 2010): 1568–75. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.1406.
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    • Shah, Bimal R., Patricia A. Cowper, Sean M. O’Brien, Neil Jensen, Matthew Drawz, Manesh R. Patel, Pamela S. Douglas, and Eric D. Peterson. “Patterns of cardiac stress testing after revascularization in community practice.” J Am Coll Cardiol 56, no. 16 (October 12, 2010): 1328–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2010.03.093.
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    • Bennett-Guerrero, Elliott, Howard K. Song, Yue Zhao, T. B. Ferguson, James S. Gammie, Eric D. Peterson, and Sean M. O’Brien. “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): 814–16. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2010.06.003.
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    • Jacobs, Jeffrey Phillip, Fred H. Edwards, David M. Shahian, Constance K. Haan, John D. Puskas, David L. S. Morales, James S. Gammie, et al. “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): 1150–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.042.
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    • Prasad, Sunil M., Shuang Li, J Scott Rankin, Sean M. O’Brien, James S. Gammie, John D. Puskas, David M. Shahian, Edgar G. Chedrawy, and Malek G. Massad. “Current outcomes of simultaneous carotid endarterectomy and coronary artery bypass graft surgery in North America.” World J Surg 34, no. 10 (October 2010): 2292–98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-010-0506-4.
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    • Boehme, Catharina C., Pamela Nabeta, Doris Hillemann, Mark P. Nicol, Shubhada Shenai, Fiorella Krapp, Jenny Allen, et al. “Rapid molecular detection of tuberculosis and rifampin resistance.” N Engl J Med 363, no. 11 (September 9, 2010): 1005–15. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa0907847.
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    • Al Habib, Hamad F., Jeffrey Phillip Jacobs, Constantine Mavroudis, Christo I. Tchervenkov, Sean M. O’Brien, Siamak Mohammadi, and Marshall L. Jacobs. “Contemporary patterns of management of tetralogy of Fallot: data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database.” Ann Thorac Surg 90, no. 3 (September 2010): 813–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.110.
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    • Glickman, Seth W., Christopher B. Granger, Fang-Shu Ou, Sean O’Brien, Barbara L. Lytle, Charles B. Cairns, Greg Mears, et al. “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): 514–21. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.109.917112.
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    • Kozower, Benjamin D., Shubin Sheng, Sean M. O’Brien, Michael J. Liptay, Christine L. Lau, David R. Jones, David M. Shahian, and Cameron D. Wright. “STS database risk models: predictors of mortality and major morbidity for lung cancer resection.” Ann Thorac Surg 90, no. 3 (September 2010): 875–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.115.
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    • Fudge, James C., Shuang Li, James Jaggers, Sean M. O’Brien, Eric D. Peterson, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Karl F. Welke, Marshall L. Jacobs, Jennifer S. Li, and Sara K. Pasquali. “Congenital heart surgery outcomes in Down syndrome: analysis of a national clinical database.” Pediatrics 126, no. 2 (August 2010): 315–22. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2009-3245.
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    • Onaitis, Mark, Thomas D’Amico, Yue Zhao, Sean O’Brien, and David Harpole. “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): 368–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.100.
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    • Johnson, Jason N., James Jaggers, Shuang Li, Sean M. O’Brien, Jennifer S. Li, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Marshall L. Jacobs, Karl F. Welke, Eric D. Peterson, and Sara K. Pasquali. “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): 1205–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.11.029.
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    • Peterson, Eric D., Elizabeth R. DeLong, Frederick A. Masoudi, Sean M. O’Brien, Pamela N. Peterson, John S. Rumsfeld, David M. Shahian, and Richard E. Shaw. “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): 1755–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2010.02.016.
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    • Peterson, Eric D., Elizabeth R. Delong, Frederick A. Masoudi, Sean M. O’Brien, Pamela N. Peterson, John S. Rumsfeld, David M. Shahian, et al. “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): 1780–91. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0b013e3181d2ab98.
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    • Barker, Gregory M., Sean M. O’Brien, Karl F. Welke, Marshall L. Jacobs, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Daniel K. Benjamin, Eric D. Peterson, James Jaggers, and Jennifer S. Li. “Major infection after pediatric cardiac surgery: a risk estimation model.” Ann Thorac Surg 89, no. 3 (March 2010): 843–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.11.048.
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    • Shahian, David M., Sean M. O’Brien, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, Eric D. Peterson, and Fred H. Edwards. “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): 273–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.09.007.
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    • Jacobs, Jeffrey P., Marshall L. Jacobs, Francois G. Lacour-Gayet, Kathy J. Jenkins, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Emile Bacha, Bohdan Maruszewski, et al. “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.” Pediatr Cardiol 30, no. 8 (November 2009): 1117–30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-009-9496-0.
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    • Mehta, Rajendra H., Shubin Sheng, Sean M. O’Brien, Frederick L. Grover, James S. Gammie, T Bruce Ferguson, Eric D. Peterson, and Eric D. 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): 583–90. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.109.858811.
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    • O’Brien, Sean M., David R. Clarke, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Marshall L. Jacobs, Francois G. Lacour-Gayet, Christian Pizarro, Karl F. Welke, et al. “An empirically based tool for analyzing mortality associated with congenital heart surgery.” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 138, no. 5 (November 2009): 1139–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.03.071.
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    • Tabata, Minoru, Joshua D. Grab, Zain Khalpey, Fred H. Edwards, Sean M. O’Brien, Lawrence H. Cohn, and R Morton Bolman. “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): 935–40. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.832444.
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    • Hernandez, Adrian F., Shuang Li, Rachel S. Dokholyan, Sean M. O’Brien, T Bruce Ferguson, and Eric D. Peterson. “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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2009.05.014.
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    • O’Brien, Sean M., David M. Shahian, Giovanni Filardo, Victor A. Ferraris, Constance K. Haan, Jeffrey B. Rich, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, et al. “The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 cardiac surgery risk models: part 2--isolated valve surgery.” Ann Thorac Surg 88, no. 1 Suppl (July 2009): S23–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.05.056.
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    • Shahian, David M., Sean M. O’Brien, Giovanni Filardo, Victor A. Ferraris, Constance K. Haan, Jeffrey B. Rich, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, et al. “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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.05.053.
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    • Shahian, David M., Sean M. O’Brien, Giovanni Filardo, Victor A. Ferraris, Constance K. Haan, Jeffrey B. Rich, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, et al. “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): S43–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.05.055.
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    • Gammie, James S., Shubin Sheng, Bartley P. Griffith, Eric D. Peterson, J Scott Rankin, Sean M. O’Brien, and James M. Brown. “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): 1431–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.01.064.
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    • Welke, Karl F., Sean M. O’Brien, Eric D. Peterson, Ross M. Ungerleider, Marshall L. Jacobs, and Jeffery P. Jacobs. “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): 1133–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.12.012.
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    • Ad, Niv, Scott D. Barnett, Constance K. Haan, Sean M. O’Brien, Sarah Milford-Beland, and Alan M. Speir. “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): 901–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.09.050.
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    • Wright, Cameron D., John C. Kucharczuk, Sean M. O’Brien, Joshua D. Grab, Mark S. Allen, and Mark S. 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): 587–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.11.042.
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    • Brown, James M., Sean M. O’Brien, Changfu Wu, Jo Ann H. Sikora, Bartley P. Griffith, and James S. Gammie. “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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.08.015.
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    • O’Brien, Sean M., and Kimberlee Gauvreau. “Statistical issues in the analysis and interpretation of outcomes for congenital cardiac surgery.” Cardiol Young 18 Suppl 2 (December 2008): 145–51. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1047951108002898.
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    • Hernandez, A. F., and S. M. O’Brien. “Sex differences in hospital risk-adjusted mortality rates for medicare beneficiaries undergoing CABG surgery - Invited commentary.” Archives of Internal Medicine 168, no. 21 (November 24, 2008): 2323–25. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2008.516.
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    • O’Brien, Sean M., Elizabeth R. Delong, and Eric D. Peterson. “Impact of case volume on hospital performance assessment.” Arch Intern Med 168, no. 12 (June 23, 2008): 1277–84. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.168.12.1277.
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    • Song, Howard K., Joshua D. Grab, Sean M. O’Brien, Karl F. Welke, Fred Edwards, and Ross M. Ungerleider. “Gender differences in mortality after mitral valve operation: evidence for higher mortality in perimenopausal women.” Ann Thorac Surg 85, no. 6 (June 2008): 2040–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.02.082.
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    • Wright, Cameron D., Henning A. Gaissert, Joshua D. Grab, Sean M. O’Brien, Eric D. Peterson, and Mark S. Allen. “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): 1857–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.03.024.
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    • Jacobs, Jeffrey P., Sean M. O’Brien, Paul J. Chai, Victor O. Morell, Harald L. Lindberg, and James A. Quintessenza. “Management of 239 patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and related malformations from 1993 to 2007.” Ann Thorac Surg 85, no. 5 (May 2008): 1691–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.01.057.
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    • Curzon, Christopher L., Sarah Milford-Beland, Jennifer S. Li, Sean M. O’Brien, Jeffrey Phillip Jacobs, Marshall Lewis Jacobs, Karl F. Welke, Andrew J. Lodge, Eric D. Peterson, and James Jaggers. “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): 546–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.09.068.
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    • Gammie, James S., Michel Haddad, Sarah Milford-Beland, Karl F. Welke, T Bruce Ferguson, Sean M. O’Brien, Bartley P. Griffith, and Eric D. Peterson. “Atrial fibrillation correction surgery: lessons from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Cardiac Database.” Ann Thorac Surg 85, no. 3 (March 2008): 909–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.097.
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    • Mehta, Rajendra H., Joshua D. Grab, Sean M. O’Brien, Donald D. Glower, Constance K. Haan, James S. Gammie, Eric D. Peterson, and Eric D. 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): 876–85. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.728147.
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    • Singh, Mandeep, Bernard J. Gersh, Shuang Li, John S. Rumsfeld, John A. Spertus, Sean M. O’Brien, Rakesh M. Suri, and Eric D. Peterson. “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): 356–62. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.711523.
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    • O’Brien, Sean M., Elizabeth R. DeLong, Rachel S. Dokholyan, Fred H. Edwards, and Eric D. Peterson. “Exploring the behavior of hospital composite performance measures: an example from coronary artery bypass surgery.” Circulation 116, no. 25 (December 18, 2007): 2969–75. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.703553.
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    • Albalak, Rachel, Richard J. O’Brien, J Steve Kammerer, Sean M. O’Brien, Suzanne M. Marks, Kenneth G. Castro, and Marisa Moore. “Trends in tuberculosis/human immunodeficiency virus comorbidity, United States, 1993-2004.” Arch Intern Med 167, no. 22 (December 10, 2007): 2443–52. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.167.22.2443.
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    • O’Brien, Sean M., Jeffrey P. Jacobs, David R. Clarke, Bohdan Maruszewski, Marshall L. Jacobs, Henry L. Walters, Christo I. Tchervenkov, et al. “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): 2027–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.06.031.
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    • Puskas, John D., Fred H. Edwards, Paul A. Pappas, Sean O’Brien, Eric D. Peterson, Patrick Kilgo, and T Bruce Ferguson. “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): 1447–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.06.104.
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    • Rankin, J Scott, Sarah Milford-Beland, Sean M. O’Brien, Fred H. Edwards, Eric D. Peterson, Donald D. Glower, T Bruce Ferguson, and Charles W. Stratton. “The risk of valve surgery for endocarditis in patients with dialysis-dependent renal failure.” J Heart Valve Dis 16, no. 6 (November 2007): 617–22.
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    • Welke, Karl F., Eric D. Peterson, Mary S. Vaughan-Sarrazin, Sean M. O’Brien, Gary E. Rosenthal, Gregory J. Shook, Rachel S. Dokholyan, Constance K. Haan, and T Bruce Ferguson. “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): 1538–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.06.022.
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    • Hernandez, Adrian F., Joshua D. Grab, James S. Gammie, Sean M. O’Brien, Bradley G. Hammill, Joseph G. Rogers, Margarita T. Camacho, Mercedes K. Dullum, T Bruce Ferguson, and Eric D. Peterson. “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): 606–12. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.666289.
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    • Gammie, J. S., S. M. O’Brien, B. P. Griffith, T. B. Ferguson, and E. D. Peterson. “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 (August 1, 2007). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.711077.
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    • O’Brien, Sean Michael, and Eric D. Peterson. “Identifying high-quality hospitals: consult the ratings or flip a coin?” Arch Intern Med 167, no. 13 (July 9, 2007): 1342–44. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.167.13.1342.
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    • Haan, Constance K., Sarah Milford-Beland, Sean O’Brien, Daniel Mark, Mercedes Dullum, T Bruce Ferguson, and Eric D. Peterson. “Impact of residency status on perfusion times and outcomes for coronary artery bypass graft surgery.” Ann Thorac Surg 83, no. 6 (June 2007): 2103–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.01.052.
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    • Bridges, Charles R., Sean M. O’Brien, Joseph C. Cleveland, Edward B. Savage, James S. Gammie, Fred H. Edwards, Eric D. Peterson, and Frederick L. Grover. “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): 1012–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.11.028.
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    • O’Brien, Sean M., David M. Shahian, Elizabeth R. DeLong, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, Fred H. Edwards, Victor A. Ferraris, Constance K. Haan, et al. “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): S13–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.01.055.
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    • Shahian, David M., Fred H. Edwards, Victor A. Ferraris, Constance K. Haan, Jeffrey B. Rich, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, Elizabeth R. DeLong, et al. “Quality measurement in adult cardiac surgery: part 1--Conceptual framework and measure selection.” Ann Thorac Surg 83, no. 4 Suppl (April 2007): S3-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.01.053.
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    • Savage, Edward B., Joshua D. Grab, Sean M. O’Brien, Aman Ali, Eric J. Okum, R Anthony Perez-Tamayo, Daniel S. Eiferman, Eric D. Peterson, Fred H. Edwards, and Robert S. D. Higgins. “Use of both internal thoracic arteries in diabetic patients increases deep sternal wound infection.” Ann Thorac Surg 83, no. 3 (March 2007): 1002–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.09.094.
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    • Gammie, James S., Sean M. O’Brien, Bartley P. Griffith, T Bruce Ferguson, and Eric D. Peterson. “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): 881–87. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.634436.
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    • Lacour-Gayet, Francois, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, David R. Clarke, Bohdan Maruszewski, Marshall L. Jacobs, Sean M. O’Brien, and Constantine Mavroudis. “Evaluation of the quality of care in congenital heart surgery: contribution of the Aristotle complexity score.” Adv Pediatr 54 (2007): 67–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yapd.2007.03.006.
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    • Mehta, Rajendra H., Joshua D. Grab, Sean M. O’Brien, Charles R. Bridges, James S. Gammie, Constance K. Haan, T Bruce Ferguson, Eric D. Peterson, and Eric D. 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): 2208–16. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.635573.
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    • DiSesa, Verdi J., Sean M. O’Brien, Karl F. Welke, Sarah M. Beland, Constance K. Haan, Mary S. Vaughan-Sarrazin, and Eric D. Peterson. “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): 2122–29. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.591214.
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    • Hernandez, Adrian F., Eric J. Velazquez, Mercedes K. C. Dullum, Sean M. O’Brien, T Bruce Ferguson, and Eric D. Peterson. “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): 494–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2006.01.016.
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    • O’Brien, S. M., L. L. Kupper, and D. B. Dunson. “Performance of tests of association in misspecified generalized linear models.” Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 136, no. 9 (September 1, 2006): 3090–3100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspi.2004.12.004.
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    • Haan, Constance K., Sean O’Brien, Fred H. Edwards, Eric D. Peterson, and T Bruce Ferguson. “Trends in emergency coronary artery bypass grafting after percutaneous coronary intervention, 1994-2003.” Ann Thorac Surg 81, no. 5 (May 2006): 1658–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.09.079.
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    • Rankin, J Scott, Bradley G. Hammill, T Bruce Ferguson, Donald D. Glower, Sean M. O’Brien, Elizabeth R. DeLong, Eric D. Peterson, and Fred H. Edwards. “Determinants of operative mortality in valvular heart surgery.” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 131, no. 3 (March 2006): 547–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.10.041.
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    • Cooper, William A., Sean M. O’Brien, Vinod H. Thourani, Robert A. Guyton, Charles R. Bridges, Lynda A. Szczech, Rebecca Petersen, and Eric D. Peterson. “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): 1063–70. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.580084.
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    • Gammie, James S., Sean M. O’Brien, Bartley P. Griffith, and Eric D. Peterson. “Surgical treatment of mitral valve endocarditis in North America.” Ann Thorac Surg 80, no. 6 (December 2005): 2199–2204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.05.036.
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    • Fowler, Vance G., Sean M. O’Brien, Lawrence H. Muhlbaier, G Ralph Corey, T Bruce Ferguson, and Eric D. Peterson. “Clinical predictors of major infections after cardiac surgery.” Circulation 112, no. 9 Suppl (August 30, 2005): I358–65. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.104.525790.
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    • Taylor, Nyali E., Sean O’Brien, Fred H. Edwards, Eric D. Peterson, and Charles R. Bridges. “Relationship between race and mortality and morbidity after valve replacement surgery.” Circulation 111, no. 10 (March 15, 2005): 1305–12. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.0000157737.92938.D8.
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    • O’Brien, Sean M., and David B. Dunson. “Bayesian multivariate logistic regression.” Biometrics 60, no. 3 (September 2004): 739–46. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0006-341X.2004.00224.x.
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    • O’Brien, Sean M. “Cutpoint selection for categorizing a continuous predictor.” Biometrics 60, no. 2 (June 2004): 504–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0006-341X.2004.00196.x.
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    • Kiser, A. C., S. M. O’Brien, and F. C. Detterbeck. “Blunt tracheobronchial injuries: treatment and outcomes.” Ann Thorac Surg 71, no. 6 (June 2001): 2059–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0003-4975(00)02453-x.
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    • Mukherji, S. K., A. A. Mancuso, S. O’Brien, W. Mendenhall, M. Weissler, and H. C. Pillsbury. “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 (April 19, 2001): 13–20.
    • Serody, J. S., M. M. Berrey, K. Albritton, S. M. O’Brien, E. P. Capel, S. H. Bigelow, D. J. Weber, et al. “Utility of obtaining blood cultures in febrile neutropenic patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation.” Bone Marrow Transplant 26, no. 5 (September 2000): 533–38. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1702535.
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    • Braeuning, M. P., J. L. Earp, S. M. O’Brien, M. J. Schell, A. C. Denham, E. D. Pisano, and M. S. O’Malley. “Informing patients of diagnostic mammography results: mammographer's opinions.” Acad Radiol 7, no. 5 (May 2000): 335–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1076-6332(00)80007-0.
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    • Mukherji, S. K., S. M. O’Brien, R. J. Gerstle, M. Weissler, W. Shockley, J. A. Stone, and M. Castillo. “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): 282–87. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0347(200005)22:3<282::aid-hed11>3.0.co;2-k.
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    • Braeuning, M. P., H. W. Cooper, S. O’Brien, C. B. Burns, D. B. Washburn, M. J. Schell, and E. D. Pisano. “Effects of processing conditions on mammographic image quality.” Acad Radiol 6, no. 8 (August 1999): 464–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1076-6332(99)80165-2.
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    • Mukherji, S. K., M. Gapany, D. Phillips, B. Neelon, S. O’Brien, W. McCartney, S. Buejenovich, J. S. Parekh, J. P. Noordzij, and M. Castillo. “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): 1215–20.
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    • Mukherji, S. K., S. M. O’Brien, R. J. Gerstle, M. Weissler, W. Shockley, and M. Castillo. “Tumor volume: an independent predictor of outcome for laryngeal cancer.” J Comput Assist Tomogr 23, no. 1 (January 1999): 50–54. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004728-199901000-00011.
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    • Schwann, Thomas A., James Tatoulis, John Puskas, Mark Bonnell, David Taggart, Paul Kurlansky, Jeffery P. Jacobs, et al. “Worldwide Trends in Multi-arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery 2004-2014: A Tale of 2 Continents.” Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 29, no. 3 (n.d.): 273–80. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semtcvs.2017.05.018.
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  • Book Sections

    • Jacobs, M. L., S. K. Pasquali, J. P. Jacobs, and S. M. O)brien. “Empirically based tools for analyzing mortality and morbidity associated with congenital heart surgery.” In Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care: Volume 1: Outcomes Analysis, 363–75, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6587-3_28.
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    • O)brien, S. M. “Statistical issues in the analysis and interpretation of outcomes for congenital cardiac surgery.” In Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care: Volume 1: Outcomes Analysis, 307–18, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6587-3_24.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Seese, Laura, Edward P. Chen, Vinay Badhwar, Dylan Thibault, Robert H. Habib, Jeffrey Jacobs, Vinod Thourani, et al. “Optimal circulatory arrest temperature for aortic hemiarch replacement with antegrade brain perfusion.” In The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.09.068.
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