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DeFeo Score (Surgical Indication Predictor) Calculator
DeFeo Score: Explanation and Clinical Context The DeFeo Score is a validated tool to predict the surgical indication in patients with mitral valve disease. It incorporates functional, structural, and hemodynamic parameters: NYHA functional class, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), and pulmonary artery pressure (PAP). Each parameter is assigned points based on t