1995
Preoperative Dipyridamole Thallium Imaging and Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitoring as a Predictor of Perioperative Cardiac Events and Long-term Outcome
Fleisher L, Rosenbaum S, Nelson A, Jain D, Wackers F, Zaret B. Preoperative Dipyridamole Thallium Imaging and Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitoring as a Predictor of Perioperative Cardiac Events and Long-term Outcome. Anesthesiology 1995, 83: 906-917.. PMID: 7486176, DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199511000-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overDipyridamoleElectrocardiography, AmbulatoryFemaleHeart DiseasesHumansIntraoperative ComplicationsMaleMiddle AgedPostoperative ComplicationsPredictive Value of TestsPreoperative CarePrognosisProspective StudiesRadionuclide AngiographySensitivity and SpecificitySurvival AnalysisThallium RadioisotopesVasodilator AgentsConceptsPerioperative cardiac eventsPredictive valueDipyridamole thalliumCardiac eventsPreoperative dipyridamole thallium imagingLong-term cardiac survivalGreatest likelihood ratioNoncardiac surgery patientsPerioperative cardiac morbidityDipyridamole-thallium imagingLong-term mortalityLong-term prognosisAmbulatory electrocardiographic monitoringShort-term outcomesLong-term outcomesLikelihood ratioPositive predictive valueLog-rank statisticsNuclear cardiology laboratoryCardiac morbidityNoncardiac surgerySurgery patientsThallium imagingCardiac survivalElectrocardiographic monitoring
1991
The predictive value of preoperative silent ischemia for postoperative ischemic cardiac events in vascular and nonvascular surgery patients
Fleisher L, Rosenbaum S, Nelson A, Barash P. The predictive value of preoperative silent ischemia for postoperative ischemic cardiac events in vascular and nonvascular surgery patients. American Heart Journal 1991, 122: 980-986. PMID: 1927885, DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(91)90461-p.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostoperative cardiac eventsSilent ischemiaCardiac eventsSurgery patientsPredictive valueMorbid cardiac eventsVascular surgical patientsVascular surgery patientsIschemic cardiac eventsSilent myocardial ischemiaSimilar predictive valueNonvascular surgerySurgical groupSurgical patientsVascular patientsExcellent outcomesCoronary circulationFunctional statusMyocardial ischemiaVascular surgeryCardiac diseaseIschemiaPatientsSurgeryOutcomes