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Which Patient Should Have a Preoperative Cardiac Evaluation (Stress Test)?
INTRODUCTION Preoperative cardiovascular risk assessment attempts to prospectively identify at-risk patients and allows targeted management to reduce perioperative cardiac complications. These complications include both “demand” events, in which perioperative stress increases myocardial oxygen requirements to a level that cannot be…