Guidelines for perioperative cardiac evaluation from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association task force are effective for stratifying cardiac risk before aortic surgery Emmanuel Samain, MD, PhD, Eviane Farah, MD, Guy Lesèche, MD, PhD, Jean Marty, MD Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 31, Issue 5, Pages 971-979 (May 2000) DOI: 10.1067/mva.2000.105005 Copyright © 2000 Society for Vascular Surgery and International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, North American Chapter Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Prevalence of estimated cardiac risk and the indications for further coronary angiography, noninvasive investigation, or no investigation resulting from the use of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines. The algorithm has been adapted, because only one type of surgery was considered in this study. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2000 31, 971-979DOI: (10.1067/mva.2000.105005) Copyright © 2000 Society for Vascular Surgery and International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, North American Chapter Terms and Conditions