Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Predicts Mortality for Tricuspid Valve Surgery Gorav Ailawadi, MD, Damien J. LaPar, MD, Brian R. Swenson, MD, MS, Suzanne A. Siefert, MD, Christine Lau, MD, John A. Kern, MD, Benjamin B. Peeler, MD, Keith E. Littlewood, MD, Irving L. Kron, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 87, Issue 5, Pages 1460-1468 (May 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.01.043 Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Operative mortality as a function of preoperative Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 87, 1460-1468DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.01.043) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Comparison of the receiver operating characteristic plots for both the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation logistic model (circles [c statistic = 0.781]) and Model for End-Stage Liver Disease model (triangles [c statistic = 0.790]) as a predictor of 30-day mortality after tricuspid valve surgery. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 87, 1460-1468DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.01.043) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions