title: Should all patients have a resting 12-lead ECG before elective noncardiac surgery?
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Hospital Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN sharma.prashant@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: Prashant
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Section of Hospital Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Sourab
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dhungel
authors.affiliation: Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; Medical Director, IMPACT Center, Cleveland Clinic.
authors.forename: Anbazhagan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prabhakaran
mesh_terms: D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000145:classification / Q000379:methods; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures / Q000379:methods