Symposium: The Internist and Perioperative Care

Evaluating cardiac risk in noncardiac surgery patients

David L. Bronson, MD, Alan K. Halperin, MD and Thomas H. Marwick, MD, PhD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 1995, 62 (6) 391-400;

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SUMMARY The cornerstones of the evaluation of cardiac risk in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery remain a thorough history and physical examination, and a resting electrocardiogram. However, new techniques to assess cardiac function allow more complete evaluation of high-risk patients.

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