The European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE)

Gender of the patient

Age of the patient

Does the patient have a history of chronic pulmonary disease?

Does the patient have claudication?

Does the patient have occlusion or > 50% stenosis of a carotid artery?

Has the patient had previous surgery on the abdominal aorta, limb arteries or carotid arteries?

Is surgery planned to take place on the abdominal aorta, limb arteries or carotid arteries?

Does the patient have a history of severe neurologic dysfunction?

Does the patient have active infectious endocarditis?

Does the patient have a history of previous cardiac surgery that involved opening the pericardium?

Did the patient have ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation before surgery?

Was cardiac resuscitation or preoperative cardiac massage performed prior to reaching the operating room?

Did the patient require preoperative mechanical ventilation?

Did the patient require preoperative inotropic support?

Was an intra-aortic balloon pump required prior to surgery?

Did the patient have preoperative acute renal failure, with anuria or oliguria?

Does the patient have unstable angina?

Does the patient have a history of myocardial infarction in the past 90 days?

Systolic pulmonary artery pressure

Left ventricular ejection fraction (enter from 0 to 100)

Preoperative serum creatinine

Is the cardiac surgery being performed as an emergency procedure?

Will the surgery involve the thoracic aorta?

Has there been a postinfarct rupture of the interventricular septum?

Type of cardiac surgery