@article{3cfa529228684db289cbda928738a362,
title = "The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Consensus Guidelines: Reasons and purpose",
abstract = "The time interval for the doubling of medical knowledge continues to decline. Physicians, patients, administrators, government officials, and payors are struggling to keep up to date with the waves of new information and to integrate the knowledge into new patient treatment protocols, processes, and metrics. Guidelines, Consensus Guidelines, and Consensus Statements, moderated by seasoned content experts, offer one method to rapidly distribute new information in a timely manner and also guide minimal standards of treatment of clinical care pathways as they are developed as part of bundled care programs. These proposed Consensus Guidelines advance The American Association for Thoracic Surgery's mission of leading in cardiothoracic health care, education, innovation, and modeling excellence.",
keywords = "guidelines",
author = "Svensson, {Lars G.} and Gillinov, {A. Marc} and Weisel, {Richard D.} and Shaf Keshavjee and Bacha, {Emile A.} and Moon, {Marc R.} and Cameron, {Duke E.} and Sugarbaker, {David J.} and Adams, {David H.} and Gaynor, {J. William} and Coselli, {Joseph S.} and {Del Nido}, {Pedro J.} and David Jones and Sundt, {Thoralf M.} and Cohn, {Lawrence H.} and Pomar, {Jose L.} and Lytle, {Bruce W.} and Schaff, {Hartzell V.}",
note = "Funding Information: L.G.S. reports personal fees from Posthorax. A.M.G. reports personal fees from Medtronic, Edwards Lifesciences, St. Jude Medical, On-X, Abbott, AtriCure, and Clear Catheter. J.S.C. reports personal fees from St. Jude Medical and grants, personal fees, and royalties from Vascutek; he also is a subprincipal investigator for a clinical trial sponsored by Medtronic, has a consulting agreement and is principal investigator for a clinical trial sponsored by WL Gore & Associates, is principal investigator for a clinical trial sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline, and holds a patent, No. W02008157283(A1)-2008-12-24. T.M.S. is a Scientific Advisor for Thrasos Innovation. No other author has a relationship with industry to report. All other authors have nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery.",
year = "2016",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.09.138",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "151",
pages = "935--939.e1",
journal = "Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery",
issn = "0022-5223",
publisher = "Mosby Inc.",
number = "4",
}