Euroscore
EuroSCORE is a tool that was designed for your doctors to work out how risky your heart operation is. EuroSCORE gives an idea of the likely risk if a group of patients (exactly like you) have a similar operation to yours. This information is useful in guiding your doctor whether to advise you to have surgery. Patient euroSCORE is a system that has been designed to allow patients to work out their own euroSCORE.
All operations and other treatments have benefits and risks. It is important to remember that euroSCORE can only tell you about the risks and not the benefits. Your doctors may be recommending that you have surgery because they think that the benefits outweigh these risks. Although your exact score can only be determined by someone who has access to your detailed medical history, it is likely you will know most of this so will be able to work out your own EuroSCORE.
It is important to note that this does not apply to patients having TAVI surgery.