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Preoperative nuclear stress testing in the very old patient population

BACKGROUND: Elderly patients awaiting moderate to high-risk surgery may undergo nuclear stress testing (NST) in order to evaluate their cardiovascular risk. The prognostic utility of such testing in the very elderly (≥ 85 years) has yet to be fully evaluated. Octogenarians and nonogenarians frequent...

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Autores principales: Makaryus, Amgad N, Makaryus, John N, Diamond, Joseph A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7283996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32547715
http://dx.doi.org/10.4330/wjc.v12.i5.210