Open AccessRisk of Major Adverse Cardiac Events Following Noncardiac Surgery in Patients With Coronary Stents
Author(s) -
Mary T. Hawn,
Laura A. Graham,
Joshua Richman,
Kamal M.F. Itani,
William G. Henderson,
Thomas M. Maddox
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2013.278787
Subject(s) - medicine , mace , myocardial infarction , stent , perioperative , cardiac surgery , cardiology , odds ratio , coronary stent , surgery , retrospective cohort study , drug eluting stent , acute coronary syndrome , percutaneous coronary intervention , restenosis
Guidelines recommend delaying noncardiac surgery in patients after coronary stent procedures for 1 year after drug-eluting stents (DES) and for 6 weeks after bare metal stents (BMS). The evidence underlying these recommendations is limited and conflicting.
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