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The evolving role of preoperative testing in vascular surgery patients: can a little knowledge be dangerous? Seminars in cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia Verduzco, L. A., Lighthall, G. K. 2011; 15 (3): 75-84

Abstract

It has been traditionally recommended that candidates for vascular surgery receive noninvasive stress perfusion testing risk stratification to help decide which patients may benefit from coronary artery revascularization. Recent clinical trials have contested the efficacy of revascularization in this population as well as the information yield of noninvasive testing. This article reviews a number of these studies that are likely to change our beliefs regarding testing and subsequent interventions as well as evolving role of medical therapy in patients undergoing vascular surgery.

View details for DOI 10.1177/1089253211416517

View details for PubMedID 21859808