Predictive performance of six mortality risk scores and the development of a novel model in a prospective cohort of patients undergoing valve surgery secondary to rheumatic fever.

Predictive performance of six mortality risk scores and the development of a novel model in a prospective cohort of patients undergoing valve surgery secondary to rheumatic fever.

BACKGROUND:Mortality prediction after cardiac procedures is an essential tool in clinical decision making. Although rheumatic cardiac disease remains a major cause of heart surgery in the world no previous study validated risk scores in a sample exclusively with this condition. OBJECTIVES:Develop a...

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Main Authors: Omar A V Mejia, Manuel J Antunes, Maxim Goncharov, Luís R P Dallan, Elinthon Veronese, Gisele A Lapenna, Luiz A F Lisboa, Luís A O Dallan, Carlos M A Brandão, Jorge Zubelli, Flávio Tarasoutchi, Pablo M A Pomerantzeff, Fabio B Jatene
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6034795?pdf=render

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