The European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation (EuroSCORE) is a commonly
used risk score for operative mortality following cardiac surgery. We aimed to conduct a …

Background The current study was designed to determine the relation between preoperative
cerebral oxygen saturation (Sco2), variables of cardiopulmonary function, mortality, and …

Introduction Diffusion tensor imaging detects early tissue alterations in Alzheimer's disease
and cerebral small vessel disease (SVD). However, the origin of diffusion alterations in SVD …

Aims Risk scores provide an important contribution to clinical decision-making, but their
validity has been questioned in patients with valvular heart disease (VHD), since current …

Aims To investigate the ability of SYNTAX score and Clinical SYNTAX score (CSS) to predict
very long-term outcomes in an all-comers population receiving drug-eluting stents. Methods …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the ability to predict cardiac mortality of
the Global Risk Classification (GRC) and the Clinical SYNTAX (Synergy between …

Background In patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) for
ST‐segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the occurrence of Contrast‐Induced …

Background Factors influencing the postoperative health-related quality of life (HRQOL) after
cardiac surgery have not been well described yet, mainly in the older people. The study's …

BACKGROUND: The primary inclusion criteria from both the Society of Thoracic Surgeons
(STS) score and the logistic EuroSCORE are currently used to identify high-risk and …

OBJECTIVE: Age, preoperative creatinine value, and ejection fraction are easily arranged in
the age, creatinine, ejection fraction score to predict operative mortality in elective cardiac …