Risk prediction and outcomes in patients with liver cirrhosis undergoing open-heart surgery☆ | Zendy

Matthias Thielmann | Zendy; Achmet Mechmet | Zendy; Markus Neuhäuser | Zendy; Daniel Wendt | Zendy; Paschalis Tossios | Zendy; Ali Canbay | Zendy; Parwis Massoudy | Zendy; Heinz Jakob | Zendy

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Risk prediction and outcomes in patients with liver cirrhosis undergoing open-heart surgery☆

Author(s) -

Matthias Thielmann,

Achmet Mechmet,

Markus Neuhäuser,

Daniel Wendt,

Paschalis Tossios,

Ali Canbay,

Parwis Massoudy,

Heinz Jakob

Publication year - 2010

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.2010.02.042

Subject(s) - medicine , cirrhosis , odds ratio , confidence interval , euroscore , model for end stage liver disease , univariate analysis , cardiac surgery , ascites , liver disease , logistic regression , surgery , framingham risk score , gastroenterology , liver transplantation , disease , multivariate analysis , transplantation

There are few data assessing factors, which identify patients with liver cirrhosis (LC) facing high risk for open-heart surgery. We sought to compare the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score, the Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) classification and the European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation (EuroSCORE) for risk prediction in cirrhotic patients.

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