title: Preoperative risk stratification using electron beam computed tomography in elective vascular surgery: relationship to clinical risk prediction and postoperative complications.
abstract: We studied the utility of electron beam computed tomography as a screening test for the cardiovascular risk of elective vascular surgery. In 45 patients undergoing principally carotid and aortic surgical procedures, coronary artery calcification was prevalent and severe, and related to the clinically predicted cardiovascular risk of the procedure. However, only the clinically predicted surgical risk, and not coronary artery calcification, was related to the incidence of perioperative cardiovascular complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Cardiology Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Caravalho
authors.forename: Sean D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: O'Donnell
authors.forename: Irwin M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Feuerstein
authors.forename: Patrick G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: O'Malley
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Gillespie
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Goff
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sherner
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van Petten
authors.forename: Allen J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures