Alina Nicoara, Vikram Fielding-Singh, Bruce A Bollen, Amanda Rhee, Emily J Mackay, James H Abernathy, Andrej Alfirevic, Sonia John, Anubhav Kapoor, Alistair J MacDonald, Jason Z Qu, Gabriela Querejeta Roca, Harikesh Subramanian, Miklos D Kertai
OBJECTIVES: To identify trends in the reporting of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiographic (TEE) data in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (ACSD) and the Adult Cardiac Anesthesiology (ACA) module by period, practice type, and geographic distribution, and to elucidate ongoing areas for practice improvement. DESIGN: A retrospective study. SETTING: STS ACSD. PARTICIPANTS: Procedures reported in the STS ACSD between July 2017 and December 2021 in participating programs in the United States...
January 17, 2024: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia