Cardiac Events in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery: Shifting the Paradigm from Noninvasive Risk Stratification to Therapy

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 506-511

  Grayburn, Paul A ^a,b   Hillis, L David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISOPROLOL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE;

BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; ALGORITHM; HEART FUNCTION TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SUDDEN DEATH;

ALGORITHMS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037453153     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-138-6-200303180-00017     Document Type: Review

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