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Can EuroSCORE accurately predict long-term outcome after cardiac surgery?

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boxed-textDe Maria R et al. (2005) Predictive value of EuroSCORE on long term outcome in cardiac surgery patients: a single institution study. Heart 91: 779–784

EuroSCORE predicts long-term mortality after cardiac surgery, allows risk adjustment of late outcomes, determines indications for surgery and permits quality monitoring of surgeons and institutions

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The synopsis was written by Hannah Camm, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Adjunct Lecturer in Cardiac Surgery at the University of Athens, 'Attikon' Hospital Center, Athens, Greece

    Ioannis K Toumpoulis & Constantine E Anagnostopoulos

  2. Professor of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Athens, 'Attikon' Hospital Center, Athens, Greece

    Constantine E Anagnostopoulos

  3. Cardiothoracic Surgery at St Luke's–Roosevelt Hospital Center at Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Constantine E Anagnostopoulos

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Toumpoulis, I., Anagnostopoulos, C. Can EuroSCORE accurately predict long-term outcome after cardiac surgery?. Nat Rev Cardiol 2, 620–621 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio0375

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