Cardiac operative risk evaluation: The EuroSCORE II, does it make a real difference?

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 494-498

  Noyez, L ^a   Kievit, P C ^a   van Swieten, H A ^a   de Boer, M J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aorticvalvesurgery; EuroSCORE; EuroSCOREII; Mitralvalvesurgery; Myocardial revascularization; Operativerisk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; EUROSCORE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 84871140823     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: 18766250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12471-012-0327-1     Document Type: Article

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