Open AccessIncremental Value of the Preoperative Echocardiogram to Predict Mortality and Major Morbidity in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Author(s) -
Jonathan Afilalo,
Aidan Flynn,
Avi Shimony,
Lawrence Rudski,
Arvind K. Agnihotri,
JeanFrançois Morin,
Cristina DelReal,
David M. Shahian,
Michael H. Picard
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.112.127639
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary artery bypass surgery , cardiology , artery , coronary artery disease , transthoracic echocardiogram , surgery
Although echocardiography is commonly performed before coronary artery bypass surgery, there has yet to be a study examining the incremental prognostic value of a complete echocardiogram.
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