Perioperative cardiac evaluation: Novel interventions and clinical challenges

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 486-492

  Mercado, Donna L ^a   Ling, David Y ^b   Smetana, Gerald W ^b  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Beta blockers; Cardiac; Coronary artery disease; Intraoperative care; Postoperative complications; Preoperative evaluation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISOPROLOL; CLONIDINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DILTIAZEM; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METOPROLOL; MIVAZEROL;

BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; CORONARY STENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

HEART DISEASES; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34248231380     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000243137.47208.d9     Document Type: Review

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