Con: Preoperative thallium testing should not be performed routinely before vascular surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-223

  Akhtar, Shamsuddin ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; THALLIUM;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0033996686     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-0770(00)90024-7     Document Type: Article

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