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EuroSCORE.

European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation. A scoring system that predicts the risk of death after heart surgery. EuroSCORE II is the current version, incorporating patient, cardiac, and operative factors.

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What is euroscore?

European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation. A scoring system that predicts the risk of death after heart surgery. EuroSCORE II is the current version, incorporating patient, cardiac, and operative factors.

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