Comparison Between the 2007 and 2014 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines on Perioperative Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2015 Dec;29(6):1639-50. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2015.04.021. Epub 2015 Apr 28.

Authors

Adriana D Oprea¹, Manuel L Fontes¹, Mark W Onaitis², Miklos D Kertai³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
² Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery.
³ Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. Electronic address: miklos.kertai@duke.edu.

PMID: 26341877
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2015.04.021

No abstract available

Keywords: anticoagulation; atrial fibrillation; esophagectomy; guidelines; mitral stenosis; mortality; stroke.

Publication types

Case Reports
Comparative Study
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
American Heart Association*
Cardiology / standards*
Esophagectomy / standards*
Humans
Male
Perioperative Care / standards*
Practice Guidelines as Topic / standards*
United States