ACC/AHA 2007 guidelines on perioperative cardiovascular evaluation and care for noncardiac surgery: Executive summary - A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (writing committee to revise the 2002 guidelines on perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for noncardiac surgery)

Circulation

Volumn 116, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1971-1996

  Fleisher, Lee A ^h   Beckman, Joshua A ^f   Brown, Kenneth A ^b   Calkins, Hugh ^c   Chaikof, Elliott ^g   Fleischmann, Kirsten E ^h   Freeman, William K ^a   Froehlich, James B ^h   Kasper, Edward K ^h   Kersten, Judy R ^d   Riegel, Barbara ^h   Robb, John F ^e  

^a AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Official Representative

^c Heart Rhythm Society Official Representative

^d Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Official Representative

^e Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Official Representative

^f Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology Official Representative

^g Society for Vascular Surgery Official Representative

^h NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EXERCISE TEST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANESTHESIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LONG-TERM CARE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36148936270     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.185700     Document Type: Review

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