Agreement between the new EuroSCORE II, the Logistic EuroSCORE and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons score: Implications for transcatheter aortic valve implantation

SummaryBackgroundThe Logistic European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) score are routinely used to identify patients at high surgical risk as potential candidates for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).AimsTo compare the new EuroSCORE II with the Logistic EuroSCORE and the STS score.MethodsFrom October 2006 to June 2011, patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis who underwent a TAVI were enrolled prospectively.ResultsAmong 272 patients, the EuroSCORE II was significantly lower and moderately correlated with the Logistic EuroSCORE (9±8% vs. 23±14%, P<0.01; r=0.61, P<0.001), but similar to and poorly correlated with the STS (10±9%, P=0.10; r=0.25, P