Preoperative cardiac evaluation is unnecessary in most patients undergoing vascular operations

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 671-675

  Itani, Kamal M F ^a,b   Miller, C Charles ^a   Guinn, Gene ^a   Jones, James W ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0032439468     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(98)00271-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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