1. 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 (October 2010)
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2. Fig 1
Center-level penetration of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database stratified by state, for the year 2007.
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3. Fig 2
Patient-level penetration of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database stratified by state, for the year 2007.
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