Abstract
Perioperative cardiac events can be a major consequence of surgery. The American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association has set out guidelines to aid physicians in identifying patients at the highest risk for these events. The guidelines do recommend for some patients to undergo noninvasive cardiac stress testing for further risk stratification, but their sensitivity and specificity for predicting cardiac events is not optimal. With more data emerging of the superior performance of computed coronary tomography angiography (CCTA) compared to noninvasive stress testing, CCTA could be more useful in risk stratification for these patients.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-3 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Heart International |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2013 |
Keywords
- Cardiac event
- Computed coronary tomography angiography
- Myocardial perfusion imaging
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine