J. P. Jacobs, B. Maruszewski, H. Kurosawa, M. L. Jacobs, C. Mavroudis, F. G. Lacour-Gayet, C. I. Tchervenkov, H. I. Walters, G. Stellin, T. Ebels, V. T. Tsang, M. J. Elliott, A. Murakami, S. Sano, J. E. J. Mayer, F. H. Edwards, and J. A. Quintessenza. Congenital Heart Surgery Databases Around the World: Do We Need a Global Database? Seminars in Thoracic \& Cardiovascular Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual, Elsevier, volume 13, issue 1, pages 3-19, 2010.

J. P. Jacobs, M. L. Jacobs, F. G. Lacour-Gayet, K. J. Jenkins, K. Gauvreau, E. Bacha, B. Maruszewski, D. R. Clarke, C. I. Tchervenkov, J. W. Gaynor, T. L. Spray, G. Stellin, S. M. O'Brien, M. J. Elliott, and C. Mavroudis. Stratification of Complexity Improves the Utility and Accuracy of Outcomes Analysis in a Multi-Institutional Congenital Heart Surgery Database: Application of the Risk Adjustment in Congenital Heart Surgery (RACHS-1) and Aristotle Systems in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Congenital Heart Surgery Database. Pediatric Cardiology, volume 30, issue 8, pages 1117, September 2009.

R. C. Franklin, J. P. Jacobs, O. N. Krogmann, M. J. Béland, V. D. Aiello, S. D. Colan, M. J. Elliott, J. W. Gaynor, H. Kurosawa, B. Maruszewski, and e. al.. Nomenclature for congenital and paediatric cardiac disease: Historical perspectives and The International Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code. Cardiology in the Young, Cambridge University Press, volume 18, issue 2, pages 70-80, December 2008.

C. I. Tchervenkov, J. P. Jacobs, P.-L. Bernier, G. Stellin, H. Kurosawa, C. Mavroudis, R. A. Jonas, S. M. Cicek, Z. Al-Halees, M. J. Elliott, and e. al.. The improvement of care for paediatric and congenital cardiac disease across the World: a challenge for the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. Cardiology in the Young, Cambridge University Press, volume 18, issue 2, pages 63-69, December 2008.

J. P. Jacobs, M. L. Jacobs, C. Mavroudis, B. Maruszewski, C. I. Tchervenkov, F. G. Lacour-Gayet, D. R. Clarke, T. J. Yeh, H. L. I. Walters, H. Kurosawa, G. Stellin, T. Ebels, M. J. Elliott, D. F. Vener, P. Barach, O. J. Benavidez, and E. A. Bacha. What is Operative Morbidity? Defining Complications in a Surgical Registry Database. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Elsevier, volume 84, issue 4, pages 1416-1421, October 2007.

J. P. Jacobs, C. Mavroudis, M. L. Jacobs, B. Maruszewski, C. I. Tchervenkov, F. G. Lacour-Gayet, D. R. Clarke, J. W. Gaynor, T. L. Spray, H. Kurosawa, G. Stellin, T. Ebels, E. A. Bacha, H. L. Walters, and M. J. Elliott. Nomenclature and Databases --- The Past, the Present, and the Future. Pediatric Cardiology, volume 28, issue 2, pages 105-115, April 2007.

J. P. Jacobs, C. Mavroudis, M. L. Jacobs, B. Maruszewski, C. I. Tchervenkov, F. G. Lacour-Gayet, D. R. Clarke, T. J. Yeh, H. L. I. Walters, H. Kurosawa, G. Stellin, T. Ebels, and M. J. Elliott. What is Operative Mortality? Defining Death in a Surgical Registry Database: A Report of the STS Congenital Database Taskforce and the Joint EACTS-STS Congenital Database Committee. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Elsevier, volume 81, issue 5, pages 1937-1941, May 2006.

J. P. Jacobs, B. Maruszewski, C. I. Tchervenkov, F. G. Lacour-Gayet, M. L. Jacobs, D. R. Clarke, J. W. Gaynor, T. L. Spray, G. Stellin, M. J. Elliott, and e. al.. The current status and future directions of efforts to create a global database for the outcomes of therapy for congenital heart disease. Cardiology in the Young, Cambridge University Press, volume 15, issue 1, pages 190-197, 2005.

J. P. Jacobs, M. L. Jacobs, B. Maruszewski, F. G. Lacour-Gayet, D. R. Clarke, C. I. Tchervenkov, J. W. Gaynor, T. L. Spray, G. Stellin, M. J. Elliott, T. Ebels, and C. Mavroudis. Current Status of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Elsevier, volume 80, issue 6, pages 2278-2284, December 2005.

F. Lacour-Gayet, J. P. Jacobs, D. R. Clarke, J. W. Gaynor, M. L. Jacobs, R. H. Anderson, M. J. Elliott, B. Maruszewski, P. Vouh\'e, and C. Mavroudis. Performance of surgery for congenital heart disease: Shall we wait a generation or look for different statistics? The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Elsevier, volume 130, issue 1, pages 234-235, July 2005.

J. P. Jacobs, F. G. Lacour-Gayet, M. L. Jacobs, D. R. Clarke, C. I. Tchervenkov, J. W. Gaynor, T. L. Spray, B. Maruszewski, G. Stellin, J. Gould, R. S. Dokholyan, E. D. Peterson, M. J. Elliott, and C. Mavroudis. Initial Application in The STS Congenital Database of Complexity Adjustment to Evaluate Surgical Case Mix and Results. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Elsevier, volume 79, issue 5, pages 1635-1649, May 2005.

J. P. Jacobs, C. Mavroudis, M. L. Jacobs, F. G. Lacour-Gayet, C. I. Tchervenkov, J. W. Gaynor, D. R. Clarke, T. L. Spray, B. Maruszewski, G. Stellin, M. J. Elliott, R. S. Dokholyan, and E. D. Peterson. Lessons learned from the data analysis of the second harvest (1998–2001) of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Congenital Heart Surgery Database. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, volume 26, issue 1, pages 18-37, 2004.

B. Maruszewski, F. Lacour-Gayet, M. J. Elliott, J. W. Gaynor, J. P. Jacobs, M. L. Jacobs, C. I. Tchervenkov, H. Kurosawa, C. Mavroudis, and . Congenital heart surgery nomenclature and database project: update and proposed data harvest. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, volume 21, issue 1, pages 47-49, 2002.

J. W. Gaynor, J. P. Jacobs, M. L. Jacobs, M. J. Elliott, F. Lacour-Gayet, C. I. Tchervenkov, B. Maruszewski, and C. Mavroudis. Congenital heart surgery nomenclature and database project: update and proposed data harvest. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Elsevier, volume 73, issue 3, pages 1016-1018, March 2002.

C. Mavroudis, M. Gevitz, M. J. Elliott, J. P. Jacobs, and J. P. Gold. Virtues of a worldwide congenital heart surgery database. Seminars in Thoracic \& Cardiovascular Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual, Elsevier, volume 5, issue 1, pages 126-131, January 2002.

F. Lacour-Gayet, B. Maruszewski, C. Mavroudis, J. P. Jacobs, and M. J. Elliott. Presentation of the International Nomenclature for Congenital Heart Surgery. The long way from nomenclature to collection of validated data at the EACTS. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, volume 18, issue 2, pages 128-135, 2000.