The management of the cardiac patient requiring noncardiac surgery. Preoperative evaluation and management of the surgical patient with heart disease.
When a patient has coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, or a prosthetic heart valve, what steps must the surgeon take to prepare the patient for noncardiac surgery? The author succinctly addresses the merits of several treatments for these groups of patients.
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects