ACEF II Risk Score (Cardiac Surgery)
The ACEF II Risk Score estimates operative mortality in cardiac surgery using age, ejection fraction, creatinine, anemia, and urgency of surgery 1.
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Indicaciones de Uso
Used for adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery (elective or emergency) to estimate operative (in‑hospital/30‑day) mortality and aid surgical risk stratification. Incorporates age/EF plus creatinine >2 mg/dL, emergency status, and anemia; validated in >7,000‑patient development and 1,687‑patient external cohorts with c‑statistic 0.814 1 [Level II evidence]. Outperforms original ACEF and approximates EuroSCORE II performance; especially practical when a simple, parsimonious model is preferred.
Información y Precauciones
Includes age/EF ratio plus penalties for creatinine >2 mg/dL, emergency surgery, and pre‑op anemia, improving discrimination vs the original (c‑statistic 0.814, superiority p=0.041) 1 [Level I evidence].
- Best for rapid bedside estimation when full EuroSCORE II is impractical.
- Cautions: underperforms EuroSCORE II in large real‑world cohorts (AUC 0.73 vs 0.792) 2 [Level II evidence]; limited accuracy in complex non‑CABG procedures; single‑center derivation.