[Risk stratification in heart surgery].
Risk scores have been important in patient assessment, such as, age, severity of heart disease, and comorbidity in patients undergoing heart surgery. Several risk scores have been developed to predict mortality after heart surgery. This paper analyzes data of the world, cardiac surgery reporting system, which contains information on cardiac preoperative risk factors, and postoperative complications.
Molina Méndez
Francisco Javier
FJ
Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, México, D.F. moloina@aol.com.mx
D000758:Anesthesia; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors