Hematological Inflammatory Gradient Score (HIGS): A Novel Predictor of Early Mortality After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
HIGS is a simple, inexpensive, and biologically plausible score derived from routine blood tests that reliably stratifies early mortality risk after CABG. If confirmed in larger, prospective multicenter studies, HIGS may serve as a practical adjunct to conventional risk models in perioperative decision-making. Given the retrospective, single-center design and limited event count, these findings should be interpreted cautiously, and external validation is required.
Authors
- Özkan Karaca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2896-6934)
- Samet YILMAZ (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5232-5435)
- Abdülkadir Bilgiç (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7109-5540)
- Nihat Söylemez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8859-5912)
- Rıdvan Bora (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0142-0720)
- Burak Toprak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1470-5955)
Institutions
- Başkent University (TR)
- Tarsus University (TR)
- Mersin Üniversitesi (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Inflammation Research
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/jir.s571285
- Primary Topic
- Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Mersin Üniversitesi