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. 2012 Mar;64(2):139–140. doi: 10.1016/S0019-4832(12)60048-0

Revised cardiac risk index—a simple universal tool for peri-operative risk prediction

NV Deshpande 1,*
PMCID: PMC3860770  PMID: 22572487

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