Cardiac Events in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery: Shifting the Paradigm from Noninvasive Risk Stratification to Therapy

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Table 1. Critical Elements for Risk Stratification in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

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Table 2. Major Cardiac Event Rates by the Revised Cardiac Risk Index

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Table 3. Studies of Vasodilator Stress Nuclear Perfusion Imaging for Risk Stratification

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Table 4. Studies of Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography for Risk Stratification

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Figure. Proposed clinical algorithm for risk stratification. DSE = dobutamine stress echocardiography.