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ACC/AHA Update Guidelines for Cardiac Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery
The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association published updated guidelines on Circulation's website Thursday to help evaluate people with heart disease who are undergoing noncardiac surgery.
Among the additions or modifications to the 2002 version of the recommendations:
- Patients should not stop taking statins before their noncardiac surgery.
- Physicians should not perform prophylactic revascularization in patients with stable coronary artery disease before noncardiac surgery.
- Patients undergoing intermediate- or low-risk noncardiac surgery are not required to undergo noninvasive stress testing.
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Circulation article (Free PDF)
ACC/AHA press release (Free)
Published in Physician's First Watch October 1, 2007
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