Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Predicts Mortality for Tricuspid Valve Surgery

BACKGROUND: Patients undergoing tricuspid valve surgery have a mortality of 9.8%, which is higher than expected given the complexity of the procedure. Despite liver dysfunction seen in many patients with tricuspid disease, no existing risk model accounts for this. The Model for End-Stage Liver Disea...

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Main Authors: Ailawadi, Gorav, LaPar, Damien J., Swenson, Brian R., Siefert, Suzanne A., Lau, Christine, Kern, John A., Peeler, Benjamin B., Littlewood, Keith E., Kron, Irving L.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3632070/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19379885
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.01.043
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