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July 1, 2002European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery553 citationsOpen Access

Validation of European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) in North American cardiac surgery

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SNSamer A.M. Nashef

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Does the EuroSCORE risk stratification system perform well in North American cardiac surgery patients?

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Population
North American cardiac surgery patients (STS database)
I
Intervention
EuroSCORE risk stratification system
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Outcome
Risk stratification performance

EuroSCORE is a valid and simple additive risk stratification system for North American cardiac surgery patients.

Abstract

Despite substantial demographic differences between Europe and North America, EuroSCORE performs very well in the STS database, and can be recommended as a simple, additive risk stratification system on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Samer A.M. Nashef (2002) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69eff8f9bce9831ba4f734fahttps://doi.org/10.1016/s1010-7940(02)00208-7
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