9. What if..?

Suppose you had the World’s Greatest Test and money to pay for it. Suppose that I magically invented the world's greatest test for perioperative cardiac morbidity as well as the money to pay for that testing. At the present time the U.S. does 600,000 cardiac cases a year. If you add another 2,000,000 (2 million) cases you are going to need more cardiac surgeons, cardiac anesthesiologists, and operating rooms. But more importantly, can it reduce the risk?

If we Had the World's Greatest Test..

	U.S. 600,000 cardiac cases/year - need more surgeons
	Risk of major surgery before CABG 3%
	Risk of CABG 3% Mortality, 3% CVA
	Risk of major surgery after CABG 1.5%
	3.2 + 1.5 > 3