title: Updated guidelines on cardiovascular evaluation before noncardiac surgery: a view from the trenches.
abstract: In August 2014, the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association updated their guidelines on cardiovascular evaluation and care before noncardiac surgery and simultaneously published a systematic review of perioperative use of beta-blockers. The update reinforces many previous recommendations and provides new evidence and expert opinion that is useful to the perioperative team.
authors.affiliation: Medical Director, UHealth Preoperative Assessment Center; Director, UMH Medical Consultation Service; Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL scohn@med.miami.edu.
authors.forename: Steven L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Cohn
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000592:standards*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*