{"title":"Preoperative evaluation: surgical risk for cardiac events and functional capacity risk indices","authors":"J. Juanatey","doi":"10.1093/med/9780198784906.003.0633","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Functional capacity assessment and key clinical elements included in risk indices are cornerstones for preoperative evaluation of cardiac patients submitted for non-cardiac surgery. Poor functional capacity and high-risk surgeries identify a subgroup of patients where is it necessary to carry out a more intensive cardiac evaluation prior to surgery.","PeriodicalId":339880,"journal":{"name":"ESC CardioMed","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ESC CardioMed","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198784906.003.0633","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Functional capacity assessment and key clinical elements included in risk indices are cornerstones for preoperative evaluation of cardiac patients submitted for non-cardiac surgery. Poor functional capacity and high-risk surgeries identify a subgroup of patients where is it necessary to carry out a more intensive cardiac evaluation prior to surgery.