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Coronary CTA for Preoperative Risk Assessment in Noncardiac Surgery

  • Cardiac Computed Tomography (M Cheezum and B Chow, Section Editors)
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Abstract

Purpose of the Review

Risk assessment for ischemic cardiac complications post noncardiac surgery is not an exact science. This often prompts physicians to order investigations for further risk stratification. As a diagnostic text coronary CT angiography (CCTA)* could prove to be a useful adjunct in preoperative risk assessment and its utility in this setting will be considered.

Recent Findings

CCTA has been used to assess preoperative risk in several clinical studies, including the recent CTA VISION trial. CTA VISION suggested, in the cohort examined, that CCTA could lead to an exaggeration of preoperative risk. Whether this is true in other populations will be considered.

Summary

In this review, the results from CTA VISION and the recently published Canadian Cardiovascular Society guidelines will be considered in the context of previous literature and current international guidelines.

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  1. University of Ottawa Heart Institute Division of Cardiology, Ottawa, Canada

    Gary R. Small & Benjamin J. W. Chow

  2. The Ottawa Hospitals Department of Medicine, Ottawa, Canada

    Jaclyn Ernst

  3. The Ottawa Hospitals Department of Cardiology, Ottawa, Canada

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Benjamin JW Chow reports grants from CV Diagnostix, other from GE, and non-financial support from TeraRecon, outside the submitted work. The other authors do not have any conflicts of interest.

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Small, G.R., Ernst, J., Gauthier, N. et al. Coronary CTA for Preoperative Risk Assessment in Noncardiac Surgery. Curr Cardiovasc Imaging Rep 11, 21 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12410-018-9461-5

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