Introduction: It was the purpose of our study to assess the validity of EuroSCORE (European
system for cardiac operative risk evaluation) in our patient population. Materials and
Methods: Between March 1999 and August 2001, information on risk factors and mortality
was collected for 1123 consecutive adult patients undergoing heart surgery with
cardiopulmonary bypass. EuroSCORE was used for risk stratification. Mean age±standard
deviation was 58.6±10.9 and 29.1% of the patients were female. The area under the …