Evaluation of coronary artery disease in patients having noncardiac surgery.
Perioperative myocardial infarction and cardiac death are feared complications of noncardiac surgery. Preoperative risk assessment begins with clinical variables. There is no formula for determining who needs further evaluation. In selected patients, thallium scintigraphy or coronary arteriography is needed to define preoperative risk.
Cardiology Service, Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Ga.
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Madlon-Kay
D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005080:Exercise Test; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012307:Risk Factors; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative