Open AccessAssessment of left ventricular ejection fraction may invalidate the reliability of EuroSCORE
Author(s) -
Carl-Johan Jakobsen,
Peter Torp,
Erik Sloth
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.2006.02.014
Subject(s) - euroscore , ejection fraction , medicine , cardiology , reliability (semiconductor) , heart failure , cardiac surgery , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
To evaluate the impact of different echocardiographic methods for assessment of left ventricular dysfunction on the predictive value of EuroSCORE and thus its reliability in daily practice and benchmarking.
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