Do vascular surgery patients need a cardiology work-up? A review of pre-operative cardiac clearance guidelines in vascular surgery

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Objectives: To outline the appropriate pre-operative cardiac work-up for patients who are scheduled for major peripheral vascular surgery. Design: Review of the literature. Materials and Methods: A review of the literature focusing on studies that have correlated the pre-operative cardiac work-up patients receive to the cardiac morbidity and mortality following vascular surgery. Only studies with level A evidence were included. Results: Peri-operative beta blockade has been shown to decrease cardiac complications after vascular surgery in all risk groups. Non-invasive cardiac testing is only necessary for patients in the intermediate/high risk group. Coronary revascularization should only be considered after a positive non-invasive cardiac test. Conclusions: Patients must be risk stratified pre-operatively based on history and physical examination. Low risk patients should receive peri-operative beta blockade only with no further non-invasive testing. On the other hand, intermediate and high risk patients should undergo non-invasive cardiac testing before going to the operating room.

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Abir, F., Kakisis, I., & Sumpio, B. (2003). Do vascular surgery patients need a cardiology work-up? A review of pre-operative cardiac clearance guidelines in vascular surgery. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 25(2), 110–117. https://doi.org/10.1053/ejvs.2002.1797

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