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Predictive performance of EuroSCORE II, the SOFA score, the APACHE II score, Karnofsky performance status, handgrip strength, and phase angle was assessed for postoperative complications and mortality. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves with 95% confidence intervals were calculated, and pairwise comparisons between ROC curves were performed. Major postoperative complications were analyzed using a composite endpoint including stroke, prolonged intubation, sepsis, and reoperation, excluding systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). Results: Major postoperative complications occurred in 46 patients (23.6%). For prediction of major postoperative complications, SOFA demonstrated the highest discrimination (AUC = 0.881, 95% CI 0.819\u20130.928), followed by APACHE II (AUC = 0.826, 95% CI 0.753\u20130.888) and EuroSCORE II (AUC = 0.695, 95% CI 0.602\u20130.785). In-hospital mortality occurred in 19 patients (9.7%). SOFA showed the strongest predictive performance (AUC = 0.915, 95% CI 0.851\u20130.968), followed by APACHE II (AUC = 0.869, 95% CI 0.781\u20130.939) and EuroSCORE II (AUC = 0.742, 95% CI 0.595\u20130.870). During follow-up, 54 patients (27.7%) died. Predictive performance was comparable between SOFA (AUC = 0.710, 95% CI 0.618\u20130.793), APACHE II (AUC = 0.695, 95% CI 0.606\u20130.782), and EuroSCORE II (AUC = 0.680, 95% CI 0.599\u20130.757). Conclusions: Early postoperative ICU severity scores, particularly SOFA and APACHE II, demonstrated strong predictive ability for major postoperative complications and in-hospital mortality following cardiac surgery and outperformed preoperative risk scores.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm15072760","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,6]],"date-time":"2026-04-06T08:58:48Z","timestamp":1775465928000},"page":"2760","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Short- and Long-Term Survival Prediction Using Different Prognostic Scores in Cardiovascular Surgeries"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-1715-1272","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alexandros C.","family":"Liatsos","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Styliani","family":"Ioakeimidou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5465-9554","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mairi","family":"Panagidi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, AHEPA University Hospital of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4981-8121","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andreas S.","family":"Papazoglou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Athens Naval Hospital, 15561 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dimitrios V.","family":"Moysidis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3404-2749","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Athanasios","family":"Samaras","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fani","family":"Tsolaki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, AHEPA University Hospital of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Georgios I.","family":"Tagarakis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, AHEPA University Hospital of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"e72","article-title":"2020 ACC\/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology\/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines","volume":"143","author":"Otto","year":"2021","journal-title":"Circulation"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Sanaiha, Y., and Benharash, P. 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