December 30, 2004New England Journal of Medicine
Coronary Revascularization before Noncardiac Surgery
Population
Patients undergoing noncardiac surgery
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Informs perioperative MI risk stratification now; leaves open optimal revascularization timing pending dedicated trials.
Structured PICO
P
Population
Patients undergoing noncardiac surgery
I
Intervention
Coronary revascularization
This article reviews the pathophysiology of perioperative myocardial infarction and the role of coronary revascularization prior to noncardiac surgery.
Cite This Study
Moscucci et al. (2004) studied this question.