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Only the SAVE score and the SAPS II were significantly associated with the 30-day mortality rate with a hazard ratio (HR) of 1.06 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.02\u20131.11; P\u2009=\u20090.002] for the SAVE score and an HR of 1.02 (95% CI 1.01\u20131.03; P\u2009=\u20090.004) for the SAPS II with a modest discriminatory power displayed by a C-index of 0.61 and 0.57, respectively. Seven out of 10 scoring systems revealed significant association with long-term mortality, with the SAVE score and the SAPS II remaining the strongest predictors of long-term mortality with an HR of 1.06 (95% CI 1.03\u20131.09; P\u2009&lt;\u20090.001, C-index 0.61) for the SAVE score and an HR of 1.02 (95% CI 1.01\u20131.03; P\u2009&lt;\u20090.001, C-index 0.58) for the SAPS II.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Risk assessment based on established risk models in patients with ECMO remains difficult. Only the SAPS II and the SAVE score were exclusively found to be suitable for short- and long-term outcome prediction in this specific vulnerable patient population.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ejcts\/ezz040","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,31]],"date-time":"2019-01-31T12:12:43Z","timestamp":1548936763000},"page":"534-540","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Discriminatory power of scoring systems for outcome prediction in patients with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation following cardiovascular surgery\u2020"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"56","author":[{"given":"Lore","family":"Schrutka","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Felix","family":"Rohmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of 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