title: EuroSCORE predicts immediate and late outcome after coronary artery bypass surgery.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation score (EuroSCORE) has been shown to be of value in identifying patients at high risk for adverse immediate postoperative outcome after adult cardiac surgery. The aim of the present study was to evaluate EuroSCORE in predicting the 12-year outcome of patients who underwent on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG).
  
  
  METHODS
  We calculated the EuroSCORE in 917 patients who underwent CABG. The median follow-up was 11.7 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both additive and logistic EuroSCORE had an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.856 for prediction of 30-day postoperative death. Among 912 operative survivors, the 10-year survival rates according to quintiles of additive EuroSCORE were 87.9%, 83.9%, 85.2%, 76.0%, and 51.3% (p < 0.0001). The 10-year survival rates according to quintiles of logistic EuroSCORE were 87.9%, 85.4%, 86.5%, 76.9%, and 58.9% (p < 0.0001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  EuroSCORE is a relevant predictor of immediate and late outcome after on-pump CABG.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Oulu University, Hospital, Oulu, Finland. faustobiancari@yahoo.it
authors.forename: Fausto
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Biancari
authors.forename: Olli-Pekka
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Kangasniemi
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luukkonen
authors.forename: Sailaritta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vuorisalo
authors.forename: Jari
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Satta
authors.forename: Risto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pokela
authors.forename: Tatu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Juvonen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D015993:Life Tables; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality*; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012372:ROC Curve; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome