Key result
Routine preoperative assessments including history, physicals, chest films, and ECGs help estimate cardiac risk.
Population
Patients undergoing noncardiac surgery
Design
Review
Authors
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May support routine clinical markers for perioperative cardiac risk stratification; leaves open need for prospective validation in contemporary practice.
Careful preoperative clinical evaluation is essential for estimating cardiac risk in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.
Eagle et al. (1996) conducted a review in Patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. Perioperative evaluation and management was evaluated. A review of current scientific evidence highlights that clinical markers from preoperative history, physical examination, chest films, and electrocardiograms are useful in estimating cardiac risk.
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