Successful Linking of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medicare Data  Jeffrey Phillip Jacobs, MD, Fred H. Edwards, MD, David M. Shahian, MD, Constance K. Haan, MD, MS, John D. Puskas, MD, David L.S. Morales, MD, James S. Gammie, MD, Juan A. Sanchez, MD, J. Matthew Brennan, MD, Sean M. O'Brien, PhD, Rachel S. Dokholyan, MPH, Bradley G. Hammill, MS, Lesley H. Curtis, PhD, Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH, Vinay Badhwar, MD, Kristopher M. George, MD, John E. Mayer, MD, W. Randolph Chitwood, MD, Gordon F. Murray, MD, Frederick L. Grover, MD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 90, Issue 4, Pages 1150-1157 (October 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.042 Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

Fig 1 Center-level penetration of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database stratified by state, for the year 2007. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 1150-1157DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.042) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

Fig 2 Patient-level penetration of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database stratified by state, for the year 2007. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 1150-1157DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.042) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions