Risk Score of Koplan et al for Needing a Permanent Pacemaker After Cardiac Valve Surgery
Purpose: | To identify a patient undergoing cardiac valve surgery who may require permanent pacing after surgery. |
Specialty: | Cardiology |
Objective: | risk factors, imaging studies, severity, prognosis, stage, selection |
ICD-10: | Z95.0 |
Description: | Koplan et al developed a simple risk score for predicting the need for permanent pacemaker placement after cardiac valve surgery. The score uses factors that are all known prior to surgery. The authors are from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. |
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