Risk-stratification in thoracic aortic surgery: Should the EuroSCORE be modified?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 691-694

  Barmettler, Hanna ^a   Immer, Franz F ^a   Berdat, Pascal A ^a   Eckstein, Friedrich S ^a   Kipfer, Beat ^a   Carrel, Thierry P ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aortic surgery; EuroSCORE; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA SURGERY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EUROSCORE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACIC AORTA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842786053     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.01.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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