Annals of internal medicine
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Review Meta Analysis
Systematic review: prediction of perioperative cardiac complications and mortality by the revised cardiac risk index.
The Revised Cardiac Risk Index (RCRI) is widely used to predict perioperative cardiac complications. ⋯ The RCRI discriminated moderately well between patients at low versus high risk for cardiac events after mixed noncardiac surgery. It did not perform well at predicting cardiac events after vascular noncardiac surgery or at predicting death. High-quality research is needed in this area of perioperative medicine.