East meets West: the influence of racial, ethnic and cultural risk factors on cardiac surgical risk model performance

Conclusion SinoSCORE demonstrated limited discrimination when applied to an American population. The derived SinoSCORE had a discrimination comparable with that of the STS, suggesting underlying similarities of physiological substrate undergoing surgery. However, differential influence of various risk factors suggests that there may be varying degrees of importance and interactions between risk factors. Clinicians should exercise caution when applying risk models across varying populations due to potential differences that racial, ethnic and geographic factors may play in cardiac disease and surgical outcomes.

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Source: Heart Asia - February 27, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Soo-Hoo, S., Nemeth, S., Baser, O., Argenziano, M., Kurlansky, P. Tags: Epidemiology Original research Source Type: research