RCRI

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Anybody using the RCRI to assess cardiac risk?

http://www.mdcalc.com/revised-cardiac-risk-index-for-pre-operative-risk/

I like the simplicity.

 

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Also good:

http://www.qxmd.com/calculate-online/cardiology/gupta-perioperative-cardiac-risk

 

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New acc/aha guidelines support proceeding with elective surgery if risk is <1%

Sometimes the two calculators give opposing answers to that question, RCRI being lower than 1% and gupta being above 1%