Eagle score

Medical diagnostics
Purpose| assess mortality during heart surgery

Eagle score is a five-point scoring system, used mainly for vascular patients, and allows for an accurate estimate of a patient's risk of dying during heart surgery.[1]

## Main risk factors

* Age > 70
* Angina
* Myocardial infarction (history or Q waves)
* Congestive cardiac failure
* Diabetes

## Estimated mortality

0 factor: 3%
1-2 factors: 8%
3 factors: 18%

## References

1. ↑ L'Italien Gj, et al. Development and validation of a Baysian model for perioperative cardiac risk assessment in a cohort of 1,081 vascular surgical candidates. J Am Coll Cardiol 27, 779-86

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