ABC | Volume 114, Nº3, March 2020

Short Editorial Martins & Lamas Prognostic scores for surgical infective endocarditis Arq Bras Cardiol. 2020; 114(3):525-529 Table 2– Variables included in prognostic scores for cardiac surgery mortality in patients with infective endocarditis undergoing valve replacement Variables PALSUSE2014 AEPEI 2017 INC-Rio 2016 EndoSCORE 2017 RISK-E 2017 Prosthetic valve endocarditis Age Large intracardiac destruction* Staphylococcus spp. Urgent surgery Gender (female) EuroScore ≥10 BMI > 27Kg/m 2 Critical preoperative state ClearCreat < 50mL/min Class IV NYHA PASP > 55mmHg COPD Cr ≥ 2mg/dL LVEF Number of valves / prostheses treated Pathogenic microorganism isolated in blood cultures Presence of abscess Acute renal failure Cardiogenic shock Perivalvar complications ‡ Septic shock Thrombocytopenia § Virulent microorganism // Atrioventricular block IDDM Non-HACEK Gram negatives Inotropic use *Abscesses or other echocardiographic findings suggested that the infection was invasive (inter-chamber communication, wall dissection or major valve dehiscence). ‡ Abscess, pseudoaneurysm, prosthetic fistula or dehiscence; § < 150,000 platelets/mm 3 . // Staphylococcus aureus or fungi. BMI: body mass index; ClearCreat = creatinine clearance (estimated glomerular filtration rate); NYHA: New York Heart Association; PASP = pulmonary artery systolic pressure; COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cr = serum creatinine; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction; AVB: atrioventricular block; IDDM = insulin- dependent diabetes mellitus; GN: Gram-Negative; HACEK = Haemophilus spp, Aggregatibacter spp (formerly Actinobacillus), Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella corrodens, Kingella kingae. 528