Non-invasive cardiac stress testing before elective major non-cardiac surgery: Population based cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7740, 2010, Pages 252-

  Wijeysundera, Duminda N ^a,b   Beattie, W Scott ^b   Elliot, R Fraser ^b   Austin, Peter C ^a,b   Hux, Janet E ^a,b,c   Laupacis, Andreas ^a,b,d,e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 75749126175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b5526     Document Type: Article

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