Methods The Age, Creatinine, and Ejection fraction (ACEF) score, the logistic Euroscore,
and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Mortality score (STS) were appraised for their …

Loss of grey-matter volume with advancing age affects the entire cortex. It has been
suggested that atrophy occurs in a network-dependent manner with advancing age rather …

Background The European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) II
has been recently introduced as an update to the previous versions. We sought to evaluate …

In 1983, Professor Robert J. Ginsberg and the Lung Cancer Study Group published the first
modern surgical series by a cooperative group examining operative mortality in patients with …

The study aimed to validate the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation
score (EuroSCORE II) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). All data were retrieved from the …

Objectives Adults with congenital heart disease in need of heart surgery frequently present
with significant comorbidity. Furthermore, additional technical difficulties often related to redo …

OBJECTIVES The adult congenital heart disease (CHD) population has surpassed the
paediatric CHD population. Half of all mortality caused by CHD occurs in adulthood; in some …

Background: Risk scores show difficulties to attain the same performance in different
populations. Objective: To create a simple and accurate risk assessment model for patients …

OBJECTIVES Each surgical risk prediction model requires a validation analysis within a
large 'real-life'sample. The aim of this study is to validate the age, creatinine and ejection …

OBJETIVO: Validar o 2000 Bernstein Parsonnet (2000BP) e EuroSCORE aditivo (ES) na
predição de mortalidade cirúrgica nos pacientes operados de coronária e/ou valva, no …