Longitudinal Data Sets in Cardiac Surgery.

Mehaffey, J Hunter; Schaffer, Justin; Hawkins, Robert B; Mori, Makoto; Strobel, Raymond; Hameed, Irbaz; Subramanyan, Ram; Bowdish, Michael et al. · Ann Thorac Surg · 2026

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Abstract

There is a growing recognition of the importance of longitudinal outcomes after cardiac surgery defining durability of interventions, with an increasing number of publications using a variety of data sources. The purpose of this review is to provide a clinically relevant summary of commonly used longitudinal data sources in cardiac surgery to facilitate broader research use. A group of clinical cardiac surgeons with content expertise in longitudinal data identified the commonly used and high-quality data sources. An overview is provided for each data source as as specific strengths and limitations unique to the clinical interpretation of studies from each data set.

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