title: Con: Preoperative thallium testing should not be performed routinely before vascular surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven 06516, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akhtar
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013793:Thallium; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures
chemical_list: D013793:Thallium