Stratification of complexity in congenital heart surgery: comparative study of the Risk Adjustment for Congenital Heart Surgery (RACHS-1) method, Aristotle basic score and Society of Thoracic Surgeons-European Association for Cardio- Thoracic Surgery (STS-EACTS) mortality score

AbstractObjective:To determine whether stratification of complexity models in congenital heart surgery (RACHS-1, Aristotle basic score and STS-EACTS mortality score) fit to our center and determine the best method of discriminating hospital mortality.Methods:Surgical procedures in congenital heart d...

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Main Authors: Paulo Ernando Ferraz Cavalcanti, Michel Pompeu Barros de Oliveira Sá, Cecília Andrade dos Santos, Isaac Melo Esmeraldo, Mariana Leal Chaves, Ricardo Felipe de Albuquerque Lins, Ricardo de Carvalho Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2015-04-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382015000200004&lng=en&tlng=en