Cardiac Study Patients Clinical Trial
Official title:
Patient Rehabilitation Post Cardiac Surgery Based on Their Pre-op Status
The investigators will monitor cardiac patients rehabilitation post op upon their pre op status.
In this work we will try to monitor the patients for a longer period, starting from their
hospitalization period through their rehabilitation period up to 18 months post their
discharge from the hospital.
Many studies tried to evaluate different ways to predict postoperative complications
following cardiac surgery, patient's survival, rehabilitation rate and duration. Today,
following these studies doctors use different methods to evaluate these parameters. The
Society of Thoracic Surgeons mortality risk score (STS) and the European System for Cardiac
Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) scoring system are the two most frequently used risk
profile systems within the United States and Europe. The STS score is comprised of over 40
clinical parameters, whereas the EuroSCORE involves 18 clinical characteristics that
comprises three categories, each weighted accordingly. Studies published recently suggest
that a combination of a new frailty score and the traditional scoring systems may facilitate
a more accurate risk scoring in elderly high-risk patients scheduled for conventional
cardiac surgery or trans-catheter aortic valve replacement.
In this study we will try to evaluate the contribution of using a frailty score index in
addition to the EuroSCORE evaluation in patients≥50 years of age, in prediction of
postoperative complications following cardiac surgery.
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Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective