Social Risk Factors in Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Models. Part 1: Concepts, Indicator Variables, and Controversies

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, and Center for Quality and Safety, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: dshahian@partners.org.
² Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
³ Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina.
⁴ The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.
⁵ Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁶ Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Heart Institute, Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, Texas.
⁷ McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute, Houston, Texas.
⁸ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.
⁹ Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, and Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
¹⁰ Division of General Thoracic Surgery, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, California.

David M Shahian et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 May.

. 2022 May;113(5):1703-1717.

doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.11.067. Epub 2022 Jan 6.

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, and Center for Quality and Safety, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: dshahian@partners.org.
² Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
³ Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina.
⁴ The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.
⁵ Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁶ Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Heart Institute, Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, Texas.
⁷ McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute, Houston, Texas.
⁸ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.
⁹ Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, and Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
¹⁰ Division of General Thoracic Surgery, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, California.

No abstract available

Comment in

Executive Summary: Social Risk Factors in Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Models.
Shahian DM, Badhwar V, O'Brien SM, Habib RH, Han J, McDonald DE, Antman MS, Higgins RSD, Preventza O, Estrera AL, Calhoon JH, Grondin SC, Cooke DT. Shahian DM, et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 May;113(5):1405-1406. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.11.068. Epub 2022 Jan 6. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022. PMID: 34998733 No abstract available.