Implementation of the ACC/AHA guidelines for preoperative cardiac risk assessment in a general medicine preoperative clinic: Improving efficiency and preserving outcomes

Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 24-29

  Almanaseer, Yassar ^a   Mukherjee, Debabrata ^a,b,c   Kline Rogers, Eva M ^a   Kesterson, Sean K ^a   Sonnad, Seema S ^a   Rogers, Bruce ^a   Smith, Dean ^a   Furney, Scott ^a   Ernst, Robert ^a   McCort, Jane ^a   Eagle, Kim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACC AHA guidelines; Health policy; Surgery, noncardiac

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 9144254788     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081848     Document Type: Review

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