Background. The European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) was developed to predict immediate outcomes after adult cardiac operations, but less than 30% of the cases used to develop this score were valve procedures. We studied EuroSCORE performance in valve procedures. Methods. We performed a meta-analysis of published studies reporting the assessment of discriminatory power of the EuroSCORE by receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve analysis in adult valve operations. A comparison of observed and predicted mortality rates was also performed. Results. A literature search identified 37 potentially eligible studies, and 12 were selected for meta-analysis comprising 26,621 patients with 1250 events (mortality rate, 4.7%). Meta-analysis of these studies provided an average area under the curve (AUC) value of 0.730 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.717 to 0.743). The same results were obtained when meta-analyses were performed separately in studies categorized on reliability of uncertainty estimation: in the seven studies reporting reliable uncertainty estimation (8175 patients with 358 events; mortality rate, 4.4%), the ROC curve provided an average AUC value of 0.724 (95% CI, 0.699 to 0.749). The five studies not reporting reliable uncertainty estimation (18,446 patients with 892 events; mortality rate, 4.8%) had an average AUC of 0.732 (95% CI, 0.717 to 0.747). We documented a constant trend to overpredict mortality by EuroSCORE, both in the additive and especially in the logistic form. Conclusions. The EuroSCORE has low discrimination ability for valve surgery, and it sensibly overpredicts risk. Alternative risk scoring algorithms should be seriously considered.

EuroSCORE performance in valve surgery : a meta-analysis / A. Parolari, L.L. Pesce, M. Trezzi, L. Cavallotti, S. Kassem, C. Loardi, D. Pacini, E. Tremoli, F. Alamanni. - In: ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. - ISSN 0003-4975. - 89:3(2010), pp. 787-793.e2. [10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.11.032]

EuroSCORE performance in valve surgery : a meta-analysis

A. Parolari
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M. Trezzi;L. Cavallotti;S. Kassem;C. Loardi;E. Tremoli
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F. Alamanni
Ultimo
2010

Abstract

Background. The European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) was developed to predict immediate outcomes after adult cardiac operations, but less than 30% of the cases used to develop this score were valve procedures. We studied EuroSCORE performance in valve procedures. Methods. We performed a meta-analysis of published studies reporting the assessment of discriminatory power of the EuroSCORE by receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve analysis in adult valve operations. A comparison of observed and predicted mortality rates was also performed. Results. A literature search identified 37 potentially eligible studies, and 12 were selected for meta-analysis comprising 26,621 patients with 1250 events (mortality rate, 4.7%). Meta-analysis of these studies provided an average area under the curve (AUC) value of 0.730 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.717 to 0.743). The same results were obtained when meta-analyses were performed separately in studies categorized on reliability of uncertainty estimation: in the seven studies reporting reliable uncertainty estimation (8175 patients with 358 events; mortality rate, 4.4%), the ROC curve provided an average AUC value of 0.724 (95% CI, 0.699 to 0.749). The five studies not reporting reliable uncertainty estimation (18,446 patients with 892 events; mortality rate, 4.8%) had an average AUC of 0.732 (95% CI, 0.717 to 0.747). We documented a constant trend to overpredict mortality by EuroSCORE, both in the additive and especially in the logistic form. Conclusions. The EuroSCORE has low discrimination ability for valve surgery, and it sensibly overpredicts risk. Alternative risk scoring algorithms should be seriously considered.
Settore BIO/14 - Farmacologia
Settore MED/23 - Chirurgia Cardiaca
2010
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