Preoperative cardiac risk assessment in vascular surgery patients: Seeing beyond the perioperative period

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-284

  Schouten, Olaf ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^b   Poldermans, Don ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 38849201042     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm521     Document Type: Editorial

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