The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Dec 2017
A prognostic tool to predict outcomes in children undergoing the Norwood operation.
To create and validate a prediction model to assess outcomes associated with the Norwood operation. ⋯ Our new prognostic tool is a promising first step in creating real-time risk stratification in children undergoing a Norwood operation; this tool will be beneficial for the purposes of benchmarking, family counseling, and research.
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Dec 2017
CommentThe impact of frailty on functional survival in patients 1 year after cardiac surgery.
This study determined whether frailty provides incremental value to the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II in identifying patients at risk of poor 1-year functional survival. ⋯ Preoperative frailty was associated with a 2- to 3.5-fold higher risk of poor functional survival 1 year after cardiac surgery. The addition of frailty to the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II provides incremental value in identifying patients at risk of poor functional survival 1 year postsurgery, regardless of frailty definition.