Key result
Perioperative cardiac evaluation demands evidence-based management beyond standard coronary stress testing.
This review explores evidence-based, patient-centered best practices for the perioperative evaluation and management of patients with heart failure, arrhythmias, and valvular heart disease.
May prompt broader perioperative assessments beyond stress testing; leaves open prospective validation of these synthesized practices.
Frequently, the question of whether or not a patient is stable for surgery boils down to the question, "Does this patient need a preoperative stress test?" However, coronary artery disease and ischemic heart disease are only some of the many cardiac conditions that patients present with preoperatively-and that can negatively impact their intraoperative management and postoperative outcomes. This article will explore the evidence based, patient centered best practices surrounding the perioperative evaluation and management of heart failure, arrhythmias, and valvular heart disease.
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O’Glasser et al. (2026) conducted a review in Heart failure, arrhythmias, and valvular heart disease in the perioperative setting. Perioperative evaluation and management was evaluated. Perioperative evaluation and management of heart failure, arrhythmias, and valvular heart disease requires evidence-based, patient-centered best practices beyond coronary stress testing.
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