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. 2013 Feb 12;16(5):625–629. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivt022

Table 1:

Prevalence of risk factors in EuroSCORE, EuroSCORE II and STS risk-stratification algorithms

EuroSCORE EuroSCORE II STS Mean (SD) or %
Age (years) 74.5 ± 3.9
Gender (female) 35.0%
Chronic pulmonary disease 26.4%
Extracardiac arteriopathy 21.5%
Neurological dysfunction 2.1%
Previous cardiac surgery 1.9%
Creatinine >200 µmol/l 5.6%
Critical preoperative state 0.1%
Unstable angina 22.7%
Left ventricular function 50.7 ± 12.2
Recent myocardial infarction 29.7%
Myocardial infarction >8–21 days 14.7%
Pulmonary hypertension 15.7%
Pulmonary hypertension—moderate 12.4%
Emergency 3.70%
Diabetes control—insulin 14.7%
NHYA class 1 76.4%
Hypertension 60.5%
Three-vessel disease 67.3%

STS: Society of Thoracic Surgeons.