Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 674-683.e3, September 2010

The Vascular Study Group of New England Cardiac Risk Index (VSG-CRI) predicts cardiac complications more accurately than the Revised Cardiac Risk Index in vascular surgery patients

Presented at the Thirty-sixth Annual New England Society for Vascular Surgery, Boston, Mass, Oct 3, 2009.

  • Daniel J. Bertges, MD, RVT

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Vascular Surgery of University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vt
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Daniel J. Bertges, MD, FACS, RVT, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Division of Vascular Surgery Fletcher Allen Health Care, 111 Colchester Ave, Smith 338, Burlington, VT 05401
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  • Philip P. Goodney, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
    • ,
  • Yuanyuan Zhao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
    • ,
  • Andres Schanzer, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Mass
    • ,
  • Brian W. Nolan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
    • ,
  • Donald S. Likosky, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
    • ,
  • Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Maine Medical Center, Portland, Me
    • ,
  • Jack L. Cronenwett, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
    • ,
  • Vascular Study Group of New England

Received 19 December 2009; accepted 17 March 2010. published online 07 June 2010.

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 Supported in part by a grant from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

 Competition of interest: None.

 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

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PII: S0741-5214(10)00774-3

doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2010.03.031

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 674-683.e3, September 2010

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