Does the Aristotle Score predict outcome in congenital heart surgery?☆ | Zendy

Nicholas Kang | Zendy; Victor Tsang | Zendy; Martin J. Elliott | Zendy; Marc R. de Leval | Zendy; Tim Cole | Zendy

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Does the Aristotle Score predict outcome in congenital heart surgery?☆

Author(s) -

Nicholas Kang,

Victor Tsang,

Martin J. Elliott,

Marc R. de Leval,

Tim Cole

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.01.066

Subject(s) - logistic regression , medicine , cardiology

The Aristotle Score has been proposed as a measure of 'complexity' in congenital heart surgery, and a tool for comparing performance amongst different centres. To date, however, it remains unvalidated. We examined whether the Basic Aristotle Score was a useful predictor of mortality following open-heart surgery, and compared it to the Risk Adjustment in Congenital Heart Surgery (RACHS-1) system. We also examined the ability of the Aristotle Score to measure performance.

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