Preoperative evaluation of a patient for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

Coexistent cardiovascular disease is common in patients presenting for repair of aortic aneurysms. However, preoperative cardiac evaluation prior to abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) surgery remains contentious with significant variations in practice between countries, institutions and individual anes...

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Autores principales: Chonchubhair, A. N., Cunningham, A. J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 1998
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2578937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10604782
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Sumario:Coexistent cardiovascular disease is common in patients presenting for repair of aortic aneurysms. However, preoperative cardiac evaluation prior to abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) surgery remains contentious with significant variations in practice between countries, institutions and individual anesthetists. The following case report raises some everyday issues confronting clinical anesthetists.

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