Assessment of left ventricular ejection fraction may invalidate the reliability of EuroSCORE

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 978-982

  Jakobsen, Carl Johan ^a   Torp, Peter ^a   Sloth, Erik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Mortality; Risk assessment; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33747376114     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.02.014     Document Type: Article

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