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Use and Misuse of Preoperative Cardiac Testing for Noncardiac Surgery

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Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency A.P.I.C.E.

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Perioperative cardiac morbidity and mortality are of substantial medical and economic concern. Thus, the primary goal of effective perioperative management is to implement strategies that reliably improve outcome. It is the (as yet unproven) premise that preoperative risk stratification based on the results of preoperative cardiac testing is one of such measures that will improve cardiac outcome, due to the modifying effects it can have on overall perioperative management.

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Priebe, HJ. (2008). Use and Misuse of Preoperative Cardiac Testing for Noncardiac Surgery. In: Gullo, A. (eds) Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency A.P.I.C.E.. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0773-4_25

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