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- Title
Editorial Comment: EuroSCORE II and the art and science of risk modelling.
- Authors
Nashef, Samer A.M.; Sharples, Linda D.; Roques, François; Lockowandt, Ulf
- Abstract
The authors reflect on the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) II. The authors mention the misused on the evaluation of patients for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). The authors state that risk factors in conventional surgery differs from TAVI. The authors add that prediction on non-mortality rates are often succeeded when EuroSCORE is used.
- Subjects
CARDIAC surgery; HEALTH risk assessment; AORTIC valve transplantation; PREOPERATIVE risk factors; MORTALITY
- Publication
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2013, Vol 43, Issue 4, p695
- ISSN
1010-7940
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1093/ejcts/ezs468