Does a cardiac risk stratification protocol similar to ACC/AHA guidelines provide safe and economical preoperative evaluation in high-risk vascular surgery patients?
A protocol similar to ACC/AHA guidelines for preoperative cardiac evaluation in high-risk vascular surgery is safe and economical.
Cardiac risk stratification for high-risk vascular surgery patients, according to a protocol similar to the ACC/AHA Guidelines for Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery, demonstrated excellent clinical outcome. This approach appears to be a safe and economical strategy for preoperative cardiac evaluation.
Bartels et al. (Tue,) studied this question.
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