Abstract Objectives: STAT Mortality Categories (developed 2009) stratify congenital heart surgery procedures into groups of increasing mortality risk to characterize case mix of congenital heart surgery providers. This update of..
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Abstract Background Inflammatory markers, such as neutrophils and lymphocytes, for of postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients with cardiovascular disease may provide benefit for patient selection for cardiac surgery. This study..
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Abstract OBJECTIVES The European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) has been established as a tool for assisting decision-making in surgical patients and as a benchmark for quality assessment...
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Abstract OBJECTIVES To develop a model for predicting long-term survival following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. METHODS This study included 46 573 patients from the Australian and New Zealand Society of..
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Abstract Although advances in knowledge and technology have improved outcomes in surgical cardiac patients over the last decade, complications following cardiac operations still remain to be potentially fatal. Gastrointestinal complications,..
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