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Use of EuroSCORE as a predictor of morbidity after cardiac surgery
Conclusion: EuroSCORE proved to be a good predictor of major postoperative morbidity in cardiac surgery: respiratory and dialysis-dependent renal failure.
Source: Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular - June 3, 2014 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research

Preoperative Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Slashes Risk Score in Advanced Structural Heart Disease
ConclusionsECMO can be used as a bridge to heart valve or septal defect surgery in severely decompensated patients. Through recovery of end-organ function, ECMO may allow surgical correction of structural heart disease in patients considered inoperable or convert a salvage situation to an elective operation.
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - September 18, 2018 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research

Preoperative Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Slashes Risk Score in Advanced Structural Heart Disease.
CONCLUSIONS: ECMO can be used as a bridge to heart valve or septal defect surgery in severely decompensated patients. Through recovery of end-organ function, ECMO may allow surgical correction of structural heart disease in patients considered inoperable or convert a salvage situation to an elective operation. PMID: 30236527 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - September 17, 2018 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Watkins AC, Maassel NL, Ghoreishi M, Dawood MY, Pham SM, Kon ZN, Taylor BS, Griffith BP, Gammie JS Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research

Risk Factors for Perioperative Morbidity in Adults Undergoing Cardiac Surgery at Children's Hospitals
CONCLUSIONS: In this analysis of postoperative ACHD care in pediatric CICUs, high complexity operations, >3 previous sternotomies, preoperative arrhythmias, renal dysfunction, and respiratory failure are associated with prolonged LOS and/or major complications. Future quality improvement initiatives focused on preoperative optimization and implementation of adult-specific perioperative protocols may mitigate morbidity in these patients undergoing surgery at children's hospitals.PMID:33864757 | DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.04.002
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - April 17, 2021 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Parag N Jain Katherine B Salciccioli Danielle Guffey Jinyoung Byun Timothy B Cotts Peter Ermis Michael Gaies Nancy Ghanayem Francis Kim Javier Lasa Andrew Smith Stephanie Fuller Source Type: research