European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation predicts long-term survival in patients with coronary artery bypass grafting
Why the study?
Does the EuroSCORE predict long-term survival in patients undergoing CABG?
Population
3,760 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) between January 1992 and March 2002
Design
Cohort
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Supports EuroSCORE for long-term CABG mortality risk assessment; leaves open its integration into practice pending prospective validation.
Structured PICO
Does the EuroSCORE predict long-term survival in patients undergoing CABG?
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Population
3,760 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) between January 1992 and March 2002
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Intervention
Risk stratification using standard and logistic EuroSCORE
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Outcome
Long-term survival/mortalityhard clinical
The EuroSCORE, originally designed to predict operative survival, is also a strong predictor of long-term survival in patients undergoing CABG.
Cite This Study
Toumpoulis et al. (2003) studied this question.