Clinical practice. Lowering cardiac risk in noncardiac surgery

N Engl J Med. 2001 Dec 6;345(23):1677-82. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp002842.

Authors

L A Fleisher¹, K A Eagle

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, USA.

PMID: 11759647
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp002842

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / therapeutic use
Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / therapeutic use*
Aged
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / complications
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery
Coronary Artery Bypass
Coronary Disease / complications*
Coronary Disease / therapy
Heart Diseases / etiology
Heart Diseases / prevention & control*
Humans
Intraoperative Complications / prevention & control*
Male
Monitoring, Physiologic
Perioperative Care*
Postoperative Complications / prevention & control*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Surgical Procedures, Operative*
Vascular Surgical Procedures

Substances

Adrenergic alpha-Agonists
Adrenergic beta-Antagonists