Is it possible to improve the accuracy of EuroSCORE?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 799-804

  Nissinen, Juha ^a   Biancari, Fausto ^b   Wistbacka, Jan Ola ^a   Loponen, Pertti ^a   Teittinen, Kari ^a   Tarkiainen, Pekka ^a   Koivisto, Simo Pekka ^a   Tarkka, Matti ^c  

^a VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aorta; Aortic valve; Coronary artery bypass surgery; Mitral valve; Risk; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; EUROSCORE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENDER; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM RUPTURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; THORACIC AORTA SURGERY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349964555     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.03.069     Document Type: Article

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