Structured prognostic estimation criteria are a key issue in patient treatment and can be an additional help to guide appropriate patient counseling, as well as support therapeutic decisions for doctors responsible for patients. Prognostic assessment can also be expressed as risk scores; many of them were developed for case series of epidemiological population studies– or a specific group of patients such as patients in intensive care– with suspected or active cardiovascular disease,, or a specific disease such as infective endocarditis. […]