Ricardo Casalino

The mostused score isthe STS score. This was generated from the U.S. database separated into three large cohorts with more than 100,000 patients each. In groups 2 and 3, only valve surgeries (aortic valve replacement, mitral valve replacement and mitral valve repair), combined valve surgery and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) were respectively included. The performance of the STS model are poor at predicting 30-day mortality post TAVR [4]

The risk scores used as assistance agents in valve diseases are validated worldwide; however, the data are not homogeneous. The epidemiological characteristics of each population require local validation of these risk tools. The percutaneous valve replacement, which is a reality in valvular diseases (especially aortic stenosis), is indicated for patients with high or prohibitive surgical risk. Studies with this new treatment strategy use risk scores as criteria for inclusion and there are few studies that use such tools as predictors of risk. The risk scores, after due validation in their relevant populations, are combined with clinical practice (individualization of conduct) in the definition of the conduct to be adopted in the clinical practice of valvular heart disease.