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Risk stratification of cardiac surgery patients is usually based on the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) score, that has limited predictive value in older persons. We aimed assessing whether the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPP improves, beyond the STS score, assessment of hospital prognosis in older patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery. All patients aged 75+ years referred for elective cardiac surgery to Careggi University Hospital (Florence, Italy) from April 2013 to March 2017 were evaluated pre-operatively. Part