Assessment of validity for EuroSCORE risk stratification system

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-70

  Vanagas, Giedrius ^a   Kinduris, Sarunas ^a   Buivydaite, Kristina ^a,b  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; EuoSCORE; Risk stratification; Validity assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EUROSCORE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 18644382067     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017430410024315     Document Type: Article

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