Model for End Stage Liver Disease Score Independently Predicts Mortality in Cardiac Surgery

BACKGROUND: While liver disease increases surgical risk, it is not accounted for in the Society for Thoracic Surgeons (STS) risk calculator. This study assessed the impact of Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) on outcomes after cardiac surgery and the additional predictive value of MELD in the...

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Published in:Ann Thorac Surg
Main Authors: Hawkins, Robert B, Young, Bree Ann C, Mehaffey, J Hunter, Speir, Alan M, Quader, Mohammed A, Rich, Jeffrey B, Ailawadi, Gorav
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6541453/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30639362
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.12.011
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