title: Preoperative evaluation for major noncardiac surgery: focusing on heart failure.
abstract: The number of patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery has steadily increased over the last decade. Cardiovascular complications are important and often feared by patients, surgeons, and anesthesiologists. Although preoperative risk assessment has improved since Goldman and colleagues published their landmark article that introduced the Multifactorial Index of Cardiac Risk 25 years ago, it continues to require modification, especially with the increasing prevalence of heart failure and the increase in procedures performed in the elderly. This review will summarize preoperative assessment and perioperative management with an emphasis on heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
authors.forename: Adrian F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.forename: L Kristin
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Newby
authors.forename: Christopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: O'Connor
mesh_terms: D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative