Evaluating operative mortality of cardiac surgery: first define operative mortality

The European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) and its American counterpart, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) score, are currently the most used risk scores to predict operative mortality of adult cardiac surgery

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Published inNetherlands heart journal Vol. 18; no. 7; pp. 344 - 345
Main Authors Swinkels, B. M., Plokker, H. W.
Format Journal Article
LanguageDutch
English
Published Houten Bohn Stafleu van Loghum 01.08.2010
Subjects
Cardiology
Editorial
Medical Education
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
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Summary:The European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) and its American counterpart, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) score, are currently the most used risk scores to predict operative mortality of adult cardiac surgery
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ISSN:1568-5888
1876-6250
DOI:10.1007/BF03091788