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Preoperative Evaluation and Clinical Risk Assessment

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Preoperative evaluation and clinical risk assessment are critical to achieve excellent outcomes during endovascular repair of complex aortic aneurysms. A thorough evaluation of cardiac, pulmonary, and renal performance coupled with detailed assessment of the patients anatomy is needed for adequate case selection and for planning successful repair. Indiscriminate treatment of high-risk patients with short anticipated survival is not recommended and should be avoided. This chapter summarizes standardized recommendations for evaluation of patients being considered for major open and endovascular aortic repair.

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Huang, Y., Oderich, G.S. (2017). Preoperative Evaluation and Clinical Risk Assessment. In: Oderich, G. (eds) Endovascular Aortic Repair. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15192-2_10

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