Validation of the EuroSCORE II: Should we be concerned with retrospective performance?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 655-655

  Hickey, Graeme L ^a   Grant, Stuart W ^a   Bridgewater, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EuroSCORE II; Model validation; Risk prediction; Temporal validation

Indexed keywords

EUROSCORE; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORAX SURGERY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84873671222     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs547     Document Type: Letter

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