Journal article
External validation of the Revised Cardiac Risk Index and National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Myocardial Infarction and Cardiac Arrest calculator in noncardiac vascular surgery
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Myocardial Infarction & Cardiac Arrest (NSQIP MICA) calculator and the Revised Cardiac Risk Index (RCRI) were derived using currently outdated methods of diagnosing perioperative myocardial infarctions. We tested the external validity of these tools in a setting of a systematic perioperative cardiac biomarker measurement.
METHODS: Analysis of routinely collected data nested in the …
Authors
Fronczek J; Polok K; Devereaux PJ; Górka J; Archbold RA; Biccard B; Duceppe E; Le Manach Y; Sessler DI; Duchińska M
Journal
British Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol. 123, No. 4, pp. 421–429
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
10 2019
DOI
10.1016/j.bja.2019.05.029
ISSN
0007-0912