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Current guideline-based preoperative evaluation provides the best management of patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.

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Author information

Author/s: Gregoratos, Gabriel (G);

Affiliation: University of California at San Francisco, CA, USA. gpggrego(-atsign-)medicine.ucsf.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Circulation (Circulation), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Jun; vol 117 (issue 24) : pp 3134-44; discussion 3134

Dates: Created 2008/06/18; Completed 2008/08/01;

PMID: 18559713, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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CommentIn: Circulation. 2008 Jun 17;117(24):3145-51; discussion 3151. (PMID: 18559714)

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Aged American Hospital Association Electrocardiography Heart Diseases - classification; complications; physiopathology Humans Myocardial Infarction - complications; physiopathology

Myocardial Infarction - complications; physiopathology Practice Guidelines as Topic Preoperative Care Risk Assessment Surgical Procedures, Operative - adverse effects; classification United States

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