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Evaluating operative mortality of cardiac surgery: first define operative mortality

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The European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) and its American counterpart, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) score, are currently the most used risk scores to predict operative mortality of adult cardiac surgery

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  1. Department of Cardiology, St. Antonius Hospital, PO Box 2500, 3435, CM, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands

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Swinkels, B.M., Plokker, H.W. Evaluating operative mortality of cardiac surgery: first define operative mortality. NHJL 18, 344–345 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03091788

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