Prospective assessment of different indices of cardiac risk for patients undergoing noncardiac surgeries

Prospective assessment of different indices of cardiac risk for patients undergoing noncardiac surgeries

OBJECTIVE: To compare the accuracy of 4 different indices of cardiac risk currently used for predicting perioperative cardiac complications. METHODS: We studied 119 patients at a university-affiliated hospital whose cardiac assessment had been required for noncardiac surgery. Predictive factors of h...

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Main Authors: Roberto Henrique Heinisch, Caroline Ferrari Barbieri, João Rogério Nunes Filho, Glauce Lippi de Oliveira, Liana Miriam Miranda Heinisch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2002-10-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Subjects:
cardiac complications
noncardiac surgeries
indices of risk
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