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Pre-operative echocardiography among patients with coronary artery disease in the United States Veterans Affairs healthcare system: A retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Echocardiography is not recommended for routine pre-surgical evaluation but may have value for patients at high risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). The objective of this study was to evaluate whether pre-operative echocardiography is associated with lower risk of post-ope...

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Autores principales: Levitan, Emily B., Graham, Laura A., Valle, Javier A., Richman, Joshua S., Hollis, Robert, Holcomb, Carla N., Maddox, Thomas M., Hawn, Mary T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5011899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27596717
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-016-0357-5