Perioperative complications after vascular surgery are predicted by the Revised Cardiac Risk Index but are not reduced in high-risk subsets with preoperative revascularization

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 73-77

  Garcia, Santiago ^a,c   Moritz, Thomas E ^b   Goldman, Steven ^a   Littooy, Fred ^b   Pierpont, Gordon ^a   Larsen, Greg C ^d   Reda, Domenic J ^b   Ward, Herbert B ^a   McFalls, Edward O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

OUTCOMES; Peripheral arterial disease; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; EXERCISE TEST; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; REVISED CARDIAC RISK INDEX; STRATIFICATION; VASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 74849088533     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.108.827683     Document Type: Article

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