Results: The accuracy of the model, estimated at 69.9%, and the calibration (Hosmer-
Lemeshow test, p= 0.663) were satisfactory. The total predicted mortality was practically …

As the average age of patients undergoing cardiac surgery is increasing, the effects of age
on the incidence of postoperative complications and 30-day mortality after coronary artery …

Objective: Because of national epidemiological differences in adult heart surgery in Europe,
the effectiveness and desirability of a pan-European score for the assessment of quality of …

Objective The performance comparison of the recently introduced European System for
Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II in predicting operative as well as mid-term mortality …

Background The purpose of the present study was to determine independent predictors for
long‐term mortality after cardiac surgery. The European System for Cardiac Operative Risk …

Risk analysis models are becoming more important in various aspects of the clinical setting.
We have used the logistic EuroSCORE as a risk analysis model, but there is divergence …

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the changing risk of patients undergoing
coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Residents of Oulu who underwent coronary …

BACKGROUND: Patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting seem to be older and
have more comorbidity than patients in prior decades. We retrospectively assessed changes …

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Risk of hospital death is one of the key factors
considered by the clinical cardiologist when weighting indications for surgery. Risk …

OBJECTIVES: The EuroSCORE as a predictor for midterm survival after isolated aortic valve
replacement (AVR) and combined AVR with coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery …