Research

The National Adult Cardiac Surgery Audit (NACSA) Research group promotes the use of audit data in high quality research projects. It does this by collaborating with universities and other audits as well as assessing applications for access to data. Data are released subject to the research group’s approval and agreement of the applicant to the NICOR data sharing agreement. It meets on a quarterly basis.

• NACSA Research Group Terms of Reference

Meeting minutes

	NACSA research group minutes 8 January 2013 (pdf)
	NACSA research group minutes 19 July 2013 (pdf)
	NACSA research group minutes 17 January 2014 (pdf)

Research use of NACSA data

• Data sharing application process

• Published academic research
  

Ongoing research using NACSA data

For more information please email nicor-auditenquiries@bartshealth.nhs.uk 

• Dynamic Trends in cardiac surgery; why the logistic EuroSCORE is no longer suitable for contemporary cardiac surgery and implications for future risk models
• Predictability of EuroSCORE for Emergency and Salvage cases
• Dynamic modelling
• Why have outcomes approved over time?
• Bilateral and Singular Mammaries
• Off pump surgery
• Mitral valve outcomes
• Volume outcomes analysis
• Mitral Valves in octogenarians