Development and Validation of a Risk Calculator for Prediction of Cardiac Risk After Surgery
Author(s) -
Prateek K. Gupta,
Himani Gupta,
Abhishek Sundaram,
Manu Kaushik,
Xiang Fang,
Weldon J. Miller,
Dennis J. Esterbrooks,
Claire Hunter,
Iraklis I. Pipinos,
Jason M. Johanning,
Thomas G. Lynch,
R. Armour Forse,
Syed M. Mohiuddin,
Aryan N. Mooss
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.110.015701
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , myocardial infarction , cardiac surgery , risk assessment , logistic regression , calculator , cardiology , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , surgery , computer science , operating system , computer security
Perioperative myocardial infarction or cardiac arrest is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The Revised Cardiac Risk Index is currently the most commonly used cardiac risk stratification tool; however, it has several limitations, one of which is its relatively low discriminative ability. The objective of the present study was to develop and validate a predictive cardiac risk calculator.
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