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Recently Published Articles
1. B. Maruszewski, F. Lacour-Gayet, J. Monro, B Keogh, Z. Tobota? A. Kansy. 
An Attempt at data verification in the EACTS Congenital Database.  
Presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the EACTS and the Annual Meetings of the STS, Leipzig, Germany 12-15 October 2004.

2. Jeffrey Phillip Jacobs, Francois G. Lacour-Gayet, Marshall Lewis Jacobs, David Robinson Clarke, Christo I. Tchervenkov, J. William Gaynor, Thomas L. Spray, Bohdan Maruszewski, Giovanni Stellin, Jay Gould, Rachel S. Dokholyan, Eric D. Peterson, Martin J. Elliott, and Constantine Mavroudis 
Initial Application in The STS Congenital Database of Complexity Adjustment to Evaluate Surgical Case Mix and Results 
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 79: 1635-1649. 

3. Takashi Miyamoto, Nicodème Sinzobahamvya, Daiva Kumpikaite, Boulos Asfour, Joachim Photiadis, Anne Marie Brecher, and Andreas E. Urban 
Repair of Truncus Arteriosus and Aortic Arch Interruption: Outcome Analysis 
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 79: 2077-2082.

4. Ludwig K. von Segesser 
Aristotle scores in congenital heart surgery 
Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 25: 909-910. 

5. William G. Williams 
Surgical outcomes in congenital heart disease: expectations and realities 
Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 27: 937-944. 

6.Marshall L. Jacobs 
Editorial comment 
Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 28: 405-406.

7. Francois Lacour-Gayet, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, David R. Clarke, J.W. Gaynor, Marshall L. Jacobs, Robert H. Anderson, Martin J. Elliott, Bohdan Maruszewski, Pascal Vouh? and Constantine Mavroudis 
Performance of surgery for congenital heart disease: Shall we wait a generation or look for different statistics? 
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 130: 234-a-235-a.

8. F. Lacour-Gayet, D.R. Clarke, Aristotle committee. 
The Aristotle Method: a new concept to evaluate quality of care based on complexity. Current Opin Pediatr. 17:412-417. June 2005.

9. F. Lacour-Gayet. 
Quality evaluation in congenital heart surgery.  
Eur. J. Cardiothoracic. Surg., Jul 2004; 26: 1 - 2. 

10. F. Lacour-Gayet*, D. Clarke, J. Jacobs, J. Comas, S. Daebritz, W. Daenen, W. Gaynor, L. Hamilton, M. Jacobs, B. Maruszewski, M. Pozzi, T. Spray, G. Stellin, C. Tchervenkov, C. Mavroudis and The Aristotle Committee. 
The Aristotle score: a complexity-adjusted method to evaluate surgical results.  
Eur J Cardiothoracic Surg 25 (2004) 911?24

11. Jacobs JP, Mavroudis C, Jacobs ML, Lacour-Gayet FG, Tchervenkov CI, William Gaynor J, Clarke DR, Spray TL, Maruszewski B, Stellin G, Elliott MJ, Dokholyan RS, Peterson ED. 
Lessons learned from the data analysis of the second harvest (1998-2001) of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Congenital Heart Surgery Database.  
Eur J Cardiothoracic Surg. 2004 Jul; 26(1):18-37. 

Future Articles
 

1. M. Gillespie, M. Kuijpers, M. Van Rossem, C. Ravishankar, J. William Gaynor, T. Spray, B. Clarke. Determinants of Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay for Infants Undergoing Cardiac Surgery.  
Submitted for publication. 

2. Loic Mace. Chirurgie cardiaque pédiatrique et autoévaluation: Score de risque, score de complexit? et analyses graphiques.  
Submitted to Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux 2005. 

3. Osman O Al-radi, Christopher A Caldarone, Brian W McCrindle, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Gail Williams, William G Williams, Glen S Van Arsdell; 
Case Complexity Scores in Congenital Heart Surgery: A comparative validation study of the Aristotle Basic Complexity score and the Risk Adjusted Congenital Heart Surgery (RACHS) scoring system.  
To be presented at AATS.

4. N. Sinzobahamvya, J. Photiadis, D. Kumpikaite, T. Miyamoto, A. Brecher, B. Asfour, A. Urban.
Level 6 Aristotle Score: Incidence and outcome.  
Submitted for publication. Presented at the AATS San Francisco, Ca., April 2005.
  
Work in Progress
1. Norwood mortality according to complexity (CHOP) 
2. HLHS surgical indication based on complexity (CHSS)
 
Related Articles
1. Jacobs JP, Jacobs ML, Maruszewski B, Lacour-Gayet FG, Clarke DR, Tchervenkov CI, Gaynor JW, Spray TL, Stellin G, Elliott MJ, Ebels T, Mavroudis C. 
Current status of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database. 
Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Dec;80(6):2278-83; discussion 2283-4.

2. Jacobs JP, Maruszewski B; 
European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery--Society of Thoracic Surgeons Joint Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Committee. Computerized outcomes analysis for congenital heart disease. 
Curr Opin Pediatr. 2005 Oct;17(5):586-91.

3. Jacobs ML. 
Editorial Comment. 
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2005 Sep;28(3):405-6.

4. Jacobs JP, Maruszewski B, Tchervenkov CI, Lacour-Gayet FG, Jacobs ML, Clarke DR, Gaynor JW, Spray TL, Stellin G, Elliott MJ, Ebels T, Franklin RC, Beland MJ, Kurosawa H, Aiello VD, Colan SD, Krogmann ON, Weinberg P, Tobota Z, Dokholyan RS, Peterson ED, Mavroudis C. 
The current status and future directions of efforts to create a global database for the outcomes of therapy for congenital heart disease. 
Cardiol Young. 2005 Feb;15 Suppl 1:190-7. 

5. Jacobs JP, Elliott MJ, Anderson RH, Quintessenza JA, Chai PJ, Morell VO, Botero LM, van Gelder LH, Badhwar V, Kanani M, Cohen GA, Burke RP. 
Creating a database with cardioscopy and intra-operative imaging. 
Cardiol Young. 2005 Feb;15 Suppl 1:184-9. 

6. Welke KF, Jacobs JP, Jenkins KJ. 
Evaluation of quality of care for congenital heart disease. 
Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu. 2005;:157-67.

7. Franklin RC, Jacobs JP, Tchervenkov CI, Beland MJ. 
Bidirectional crossmap of the Short Lists of the European Paediatric Cardiac Code and the International Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project. 
Cardiol Young. 2002 Oct;12(5):431-5.

8. Beland MJ, Jacobs JP, Tchervenkov CI, Franklin RC; 
International Working Group for Mapping and Coding of Nomenclatures for Paediatric and Congenital Heart Disease. Report from the Executive of The International Working Group for Mapping and Coding of Nomenclatures for Paediatric and Congenital Heart Disease. 
Cardiol Young. 2002 Oct;12(5):425-30. 

9. Beland MJ, Franklin RC, Jacobs JP, Tchervenkov CI, Aiello VD, Colan SD, Gaynor JW, Krogmann ON, Kurosawa H, Maruszewski B, Stellin G, Weinberg PM. 
Update from the International Working Group for Mapping and Coding of Nomenclatures for Paediatric and Congenital Heart Disease. 
Cardiol Young. 2004 Apr;14(2):225-9.

10. Kurosawa H, Gaynor JW, Jacobs JP, Jacobs ML, Elliott MJ, Lacour-Gayet F, Tchervenkov CI, Maruszewski B, Mavroudis C. 
Congenital heart surgery nomenclature and database project. Update and proposed data harvest. 
Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2002 Nov;50(11):498-501.

11. Mavroudis C, Gevitz M, Elliott MJ, Jacobs JP, Gold JP. 
Virtues of a worldwide congenital heart surgery database. 
Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu. 2002;5:126-31.

12. Lacour-Gayet F. 
Risk stratification theme for congenital heart surgery. 
Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu. 2002;5:148-52.

13. Jacobs JP. 
Software development, nomenclature schemes, and mapping strategies for an international pediatric cardiac surgery database system. 
Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu. 2002;5:153-62.

14. Gaynor JW, Jacobs JP, Jacobs ML, Elliott MJ, Lacour-Gayet F, Tchervenkov CI, Maruszewski B, Mavroudis C; 
International Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project. Congenital Heart Surgery Committees of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: update and proposed data harvest.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 Mar;73(3):1016-8. 

15. Maruszewski B, Lacour-Gayet F, Elliott MJ, Gaynor JW, Jacobs JP, Jacobs ML, Tchervenkov CI, Kurosawa H, Mavroudis C; International Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project; 
Congenital Heart Surgery Committees of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: update and proposed data harvest. 
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2002 Jan;21(1):47-9.

16. Mavroudis C, Jacobs JP. 
Congenital heart disease outcome analysis: methodology and rationale. 
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2002 Jan;123(1):6-7.

17. Lacour-Gayet F, Maruszewski B, Mavroudis C, Jacobs JP, Elliott MJ. 
Presentation of the International Nomenclature for Congenital Heart Surgery. The long way from nomenclature to collection of validated data at the EACTS. 
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2000 Aug;18(2):128-35.

18. Mavroudis C, Jacobs JP. 
Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
Ann Thorac Surg. 2000 Apr;69(4 Suppl):S1-372.

19. Mavroudis C, Jacobs JP: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: overview and minimum dataset, 
Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S2, 2000.

20. Jacobs JP, Quintessenza JA, Burke RP, et al: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
atrial septal defect, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S18, 2000.

21. Jacobs JP, Burke RP, Quintessenza JA, et al: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
ventricular septal defect, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S25, 2000.

22. Jacobs JP, Burke RP, Quintessenza JA, et al: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
atrioventricular canal defect, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S36, 2000.

23. Jacobs JP, Quintessenza JA, Gaynor JW, et al: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: aortopulmonary window, 
Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S44, 2000.

24. Jacobs ML: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project:
truncus arteriosus, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S50, 2000.

25. Herlong JR, Jaggers JJ, Ungerleider RM: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
pulmonary venous anomalies, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S56, 2000.

26. Gaynor JW, Weinberg PM, Spray TL: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
systemic venous anomalies, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S70, 2000.

27. Jacobs ML: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
tetralogy of Fallot, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S77, 2000.

28. Lacour-Gayet F: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
right ventricular outflow tract obstruction—intact ventricular septum, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S83, 2000.

29. Tchervenkov CI, Roy N: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
pulmonary atresia—ventricular septal defect, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S97, 2000.

30. Dearani JA, Danielson GK: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
Ebstein’s anomaly and tricuspid valve disease, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S106, 2000.

31. Nguyen KH: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
aortic valve disease, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S118, 2000.

32. Mitruka SN, Lamberti JJ: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
mitral valve disease, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S132, 2000.

33. Ring WS: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
aortic aneurysm, sinus of Valsalva aneurysm, and aortic dissection, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S147, 2000.

34. Myers JL, Mehta SM: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
aortico-left ventricular tunnel, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S164, 2000.

35. Tchervenkov CI, Jacobs ML, Tahta SA: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
hypoplastic left heart syndrome, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S170, 2000.

36. Delius RE: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
pediatric cardiomyopathies and end-stage congenital heart disease, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S180, 2000.

37. Mehta SM, Myers JL: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
 diseases of the pericardium, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S191, 2000.

38. Jacobs M, Mayer JE Jr: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
single ventricle, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S197, 2000.

39. Jaggers JJ, Cameron DE, Herlong JR, et al: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
transposition of the great arteries, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S205, 2000.

40. Wilkinson JL, Cochrane AD, Karl TR: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
corrected (discordant) transposition of the great arteries (and related malformations), Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S236, 2000.

41. Walters HW III, Mavroudis C, Tchervenkov CI, et al: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
double outlet right ventricle, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S249, 2000.

42. Tchervenkov CI, Walters HW III, Chu VF: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
double outlet left ventricle, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S264, 2000.

43. Dodge-Khatami A, Mavroudis C, Backer CL: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
anomalies of the coronary arteries, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S270, 2000.

44. Backer CL, Mavroudis C: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
patent ductus arteriosus, coarctation of the aorta, and interrupted aortic arch, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S298, 2000.

45. Backer CL, Mavroudis C: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
vascular rings, tracheal stenosis, and pectus excavatum, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S308, 2000.

46. Deal BJ, Jacobs JP, Mavroudis C: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
arrhythmias, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S319, 2000.

47. Rocchini AP: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
therapeutic cardiac catheter interventions, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S332, 2000.

48. Gaynor JW, Bridges ND, Spray TL: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
end-stage lung disease, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S343, 2000.

49. Mehta SM, Myers JL: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
cardiac tumors, Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S358, 2000.

50. Joffs C, Sade RM: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: 
palliation, correction, or repair? Ann Thorac Surg 69(suppl):S369, 2000.

51. Mavroudis C., Gevitz M., Ring W.S., McIntosh C., Schwartz M. 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Congenital Cardiac Surgery Database. 
Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68:601-624.

52. Mavroudis C (Chairman) and Congenital Database Subcommittee: Backer CL, Bove E, Burke RP, Cameron D, Drinkwater DC, Edwards FH, Grover FL, Hammon JW Jr, Jacobs JP, Kron IL, Mayer JE, Myers JL, Ring WS, Siewers RD, Szarnicki RJ, Watson DC Jr: 
Data Analyses of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Congenital Cardiac Surgery Database, 
1994-1997, Summit Medical, Minnetonka, MN, September 1998.

53. Jacobs JP, Jacobs ML, Mavroudis C, Lacour-Gayet FG. 
Executive Summary: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database - Second Harvest ?(1998-2001) Beta Site Test. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States, Fall 2002 Harvest.

54. Jacobs JP, Jacobs ML, Mavroudis C, Lacour-Gayet FG. 
Executive Summary: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database - Third Harvest ?(1998-2002). The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States, Spring 2003 Harvest.

55. Jacobs JP, Jacobs ML, Mavroudis C, Lacour-Gayet FG. 
Executive Summary: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database - Fourth Harvest ?(2002-2003). The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States, Spring 2004 Harvest.

56. Jacobs JP, Jacobs ML, Mavroudis C, Lacour-Gayet FG. 
Executive Summary: 
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database - Fifth Harvest ?(2002-2004). The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States, Spring 2005 Harvest.