Peri-operative cardiac morbidity : prediction, prevention and the novel role of B-type natriuretic peptide

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in surgical patients and because of this a number of strategies have been utilised to attempt to predict the cardiac risk of surgery. Theoretically, accurate pre-operative risk stratification would allow patients at low risk to have their surgery...

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Main Author: Gibson, Simon C.
Published: University of Glasgow 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.495358