BIOMARKERS FOR PREDICTING POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING CARDIAC SURGERY

Volume 35, Number 8 (2025)

Ernesta Pilnikovaitė, Gerda Falkauskaitė, Vilius Venckus, Povilas Jakuška Abstract Postoperative complications (PC) remain a serious con­cern in cardiac surgery, having an impact on patient outcomes and healthcare costs. Traditional risk models (EuroSCORE II, STS) may not predict individual risk with sufficient accuracy, which has led to an increa­sing focus on biomarkers. This literature review reveals…