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Table 1 EuroSCORE

From: The need for cardiac surgery differential tariffs in Israel at the era of aging population and emerging technology: Importance of procedure type and patient complexity as assessed by EuroSCORE

 

Definition

Score

Patient related

  

Age

Per 5 years or part of over 60

1

Female gender

 

1

Chronic pulmonary disease

 

1

Extracardiac arteriopathy

 

2

Neurologic dysfunction

 

2

Previous cardiac surgery

 

3

Elevated creatinine

 

2

Active endocarditis

 

3

Critical preoperative state

 

3

Cardiac related

  

Unstable angina

 

2

LV dysfunction

 

1

Recent MI

 

2

Pulmonary hypertension

 

2

Operation related

  

Emergency

 

2

Other than isolated CABG

 

2

Surgery on thoracic aorta

 

3

Postinfarction septal rupture

 

4

  1. http://www.euroscore.org/
  2. m, male; f, female; n.d., not determined; pos., positive test result