Table 1

Predictor components of Revised Cardiac Risk Index (from Lee et al3) and corresponding VISION adaptation

Revised Cardiac Risk Index predictorsVISION adaptation
1. History of ischaemic heart diseaseHistory of ischaemic heart disease
2. History of congestive heart failureHistory of congestive heart failure
3. History of cerebrovascular disease (stroke or transient ischaemic attack)History of cerebrovascular disease (stroke or transient ischaemic attack)
4. History of diabetes requiring preoperative insulin useHistory of diabetes requiring preoperative insulin use
5. Preoperative creatinine >2 mg/dLPreoperative creatinine >2 mg/dL
6. Undergoing high risk surgery (suprainguinal vascular, intraperitoneal or intrathoracic surgery)Undergoing high risk surgery (thoracic aorta reconstruction, aortoiliac reconstruction, peripheral vascular reconstruction without aortic cross-clamping, extracranial cerebrovascular surgery, complex visceral resection, partial or total colectomy or stomach surgery, other intra-abdominal surgery, pneumonectomy, lobectomy, other thoracic surgery)
  • VISION, Vascular Events in Non-cardiac Surgery Patients Cohort Evaluation.