Right ventricular assessment can improve prognostic value of Euroscore II.
Michele Di MauroRoberto ScrofaniCarlo AntonaFrancesca NicolòGiangiuseppe CappabiancaCesare BeghiGiuseppe SantarpinoRenato GregoriniLuca Di MarcoDavide PaciniAntonio SalsanoFrancesco SantiniLuca Paolo WeltertRuggero De PaulisMarco PanoSalvatore ZaccariaAlessandro D'AlfonsoMarco Di EusanioFrancesco MassiMichele PortogheseErik Cura SturaMauro RinaldiVito MargariMassimiliano FoschiAlessandro ParolariDomenico PaparellaPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2020)
This prospective multicenter observation study shows the importance to assess RV preoperatively and to include both RV function and dimension in a risk score model such as Euroscore II to implement its predictivity, since PH cannot always mirror the status of the right ventricle.