Can a simple index predict cardiac risk in stable patients undergoing nonurgent major noncardiac surgery?
A simple index can identify stable patients at higher risk for cardiac complications during nonurgent major noncardiac surgery, aiding in risk stratification.
In stable patients undergoing nonurgent major noncardiac surgery, this index can identify patients at higher risk for complications. This index may be useful for identification of candidates for further risk stratification with noninvasive technologies or other management strategies, as well as low-risk patients in whom additional evaluation is unlikely to be helpful.
Lee et al. (Tue,) studied this question.