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Role of Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography for Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment Before Major Vascular Surgery: A Diagnostic Tool Comes of Age
Author(s) -
POLDERMANS DON,
BAX JEROEN J.,
THOMSON IAN R.,
BOERSMA ERIC,
MEER PETER VAN DER,
FIORETTI PAOLO M.,
ELHENDY ABDOU,
VEN LOUIS M.M. VAN DE,
ROELANDT JOS R.T.C.,
URK HERO VAN
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2000.tb00998.x
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , coronary artery disease , cardiac surgery , stress echocardiography , cardiology , dobutamine , vascular surgery , cardiac imaging , risk assessment , radiology , hemodynamics , computer security , computer science
Background: Cardiac complications are a major cause for perioperative mortality and morbidity Also, the presence and severity of underlying coronary artery disease (CAD) determine long‐ten prognosis after successful surgery. Aim: This overview evaluates the additional value ofdobutamir, stress echocardiography (DSE) to common clinical cardiac risk factors and other noninvasii cardiac imaging modalities for perioperative and late cardiac prognosis. Results: DSE provides tl attending physician with preoperative prognostic information for perioperative and long‐ten prognosis for cardiac events. It also enables the selection of high risk patients for evaluation i cardiac risk reduction therapies. Conclusions: DSE is a useful tool for preoperative cardiac ris evaluation in addition to common clinical cardiac risk factors. (ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Vo ume 17, January 2000)