Table 1 Risk factors in the EuroSCORE
From: Is quality of life post cardiac surgery overestimated?
Risk | Risk factor |
|---|---|
Patient-related | |
Age | |
Female gender | |
Chronic pulmonary disease | |
Extracardiac arteriopathy | |
Neurological dysfunction | |
Previous cardiac surgery | |
Serum creatinine | |
Active endocarditis | |
Critical preoperative state | |
Cardiac-related | |
Unstable angina | |
Left ventricular dysfunction | |
Recent myocardial infarction | |
Pulmonary hypertension | |
Operation-related | |
Emergency | |
Other than isolated coronary artery bypass grafting | |
Surgery on thoracic aorta | |
Postinfarct septal rupture |