Journal
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY
Volume 26, Issue 2, Pages 318-322Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.02.007
Keywords
EuroSCORE; risk stratification; simultaneous coronary artery bypass grafting; valve surgery
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Objective: To study the use of the additive and logistic European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) to predict mortality following adult combined coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and valve surgery. Methods: Data were collected prospectively, from all four centres providing adult cardiac surgery in the north west of England, on 1769 consecutive patients undergoing combined CABG and valve surgery between April 1997 and March 2002. Observed in-hospital mortality was compared to predicted mortality as determined by both additive and logistic EuroSCORE. Results: Observed mortality for simultaneous CABG and valve surgery was 8.7%, compared to 6.7% (additive) and 9.4% (logistic). Sixty-five percent of patients were classified as high-risk (additive EuroSCORE >5); the observed mortality was 11.5%, compared to 8.1 % (additive) and 12.8% (logistic). Discrimination was similar in both systems as measured by the C statistic (additive 0.73, logistic 0.73). Conclusions: The logistic EuroSCORE is more accurate at predicting mortality in simultaneous CABG and valve surgery, as the additive EuroSCORE significantly under-predicts in this high-risk group. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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