Predictive performance of surgical mortality risk scores in infective endocarditis.
Safwane El HatimiMarie-Line ErpeldingChristine Selton-SutyJean-Baptiste BotrosFrançois GoehringerEmmanuelle BerthelotMazen ElfarraLaurène DeconinckMarylou ParaSophie ProvenchereBruno HoenNelly AgrinierXavier DuvalBernard IungPublished in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2024)
This surgical score external validation in 2 large independent populations demonstrated that the AEPEI surgical score had the best predictive performance compared to other prognosis scores. It could be helpful in clinical practice to assist the endocarditis team in decision-making.