Open AccessThe Value of Routine Preoperative Electrocardiography in Predicting Myocardial Infarction After Noncardiac Surgery
Author(s) -
Wilton A. van Klei,
Gregory L. Bryson,
Homer Yang,
Cor J. Kalkman,
George Wells,
W. Scott Beattie
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000261737.62514.63
Subject(s) - medicine , electrocardiography , myocardial infarction , cardiology
The added value of a preoperative electrocardiogram (ECG) in the prediction of postoperative myocardial infarction (POMI) and death was compared with clinical risk factors identified from the patient's history.