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The 2009 ESC guidelines provide a step-wise approach integrating clinical markers, functional capacity, and surgical risk to guide perioperative cardiac management in noncardiac surgery.
This review highlights key messages from the 2009 ESC guidelines on perioperative cardiac care, emphasizing a stepwise approach to risk assessment and the role of medical therapy in reducing perioperative complications.
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Supports stepwise perioperative risk assessment per 2009 ESC guidelines; leaves open need for updated evidence in current populations.
Hoeks et al. (2010) conducted a review in Patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. Preoperative cardiac risk assessment and perioperative management was evaluated. The 2009 ESC guidelines provide a step-wise approach integrating clinical markers, functional capacity, and surgical risk to guide perioperative cardiac management in noncardiac surgery.
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