Ikuko Shibasaki, Naoyuki Otani, Motoshi Ouchi, Taira Fukuda, Taiki Matsuoka, Shotaro Hirota, Shohei Yokoyama, Yuta Kanazawa, Takashi Kato, Riha Shimizu, Masahiro Tezuka, Yusuke Takei, Go Tsuchiya, Shunsuke Saito, Taisuke Konishi, Koji Ogata, Shigeru Toyoda, Hirotsugu Fukuda, Toshiaki Nakajima
In a world increasingly confronted by cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and an aging population, accurate risk assessment prior to cardiac surgery is critical. Although effective, traditional risk calculators such as the Japan SCORE, Society of Thoracic Surgeons score, and EuroSCORE II may not completely capture contemporary risks, particularly due to emerging factors such as frailty and sarcopenia. These calculators often focus on regional and ethnic specificity and rely heavily on evaluations based on age and underlying diseases...
August 28, 2023: Journal of Cardiology