Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-16-2021
Abstract
Background: Commonly used cardiovascular risk calculators do not provide risk estimation of stroke, a major postoperative complication with high morbidity and mortality. We developed and validated an accurate cardiovascular risk prediction tool for stroke, major cardiac complications (myocardial infarction or cardiac arrest), and mortality after non-cardiac surgery.
Methods and Results: This retrospective cohort study included 1 165 750 surgical patients over a 4-year period (2007-2010) from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database. A predictive model was developed with the following preoperative conditions: age, history of coronary artery disease, history of stroke, emergency surgery, preoperative serum sodium (≤130 mEq/L, >146 mEq/L), creatinine >1.8 mg/dL, hematocrit ≤27%, American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status class, and type of surgery. The model was trained using American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program data from 2007 to 2009 (n=809 880) and tested using data from 2010 (n=355 870). Risk models were developed using multivariate logistic regression. The outcomes were postoperative 30-day stroke, major cardiovascular events (myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest, or stroke), and 30-day mortality. Major cardiac complications occurred in 0.66% (n=5332) of patients (myocardial infarction, 0.28%; cardiac arrest, 0.41%), postoperative stroke in 0.25% (n=2005); 30-day mortality was 1.66% (n=13 484). The risk prediction model had high predictive accuracy with area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for stroke (training cohort=0.869, validation cohort=0.876), major cardiovascular events (training cohort=0.871, validation cohort=0.868), and 30-day mortality (training cohort=0.922, validation cohort=0.925). Surgery types, history of stroke, and coronary artery disease are significant risk factors for stroke and major cardiac complications.
Conclusions: Postoperative stroke, major cardiac complications, and 30-day mortality can be predicted with high accuracy using this web-based predictive model.
Recommended Citation
Woo, Sang H; Marhefka, Gregary D.; Cowan, MD, Scott W.; and Ackermann, MD, Lily, "Development and Validation of a Prediction Model for Stroke, Cardiac, and Mortality Risk After Non-Cardiac Surgery." (2021). Department of Medicine Faculty Papers. Paper 289.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/medfp/289
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PubMed ID
33522252
Comments
This article has been peer reviewed. It was published in: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Volume 10, Issue 4, 16 February 2021, Article number e018013, Pages 1-33.
The published version is available at DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.120.018013
Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley.
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