2007
Survey of anesthesiologists as to the value of prior ECG in a patient with nonspecific ST-T wave changes.
Tantawy H, Silverman TJ, Silverman DG, Akhtar S. Survey of anesthesiologists as to the value of prior ECG in a patient with nonspecific ST-T wave changes. Connecticut Medicine 2007, 71: 453-6. PMID: 17902381.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
Intermittent Cardiac Troponin-I Screening is an Effective Means of Surveillance for a Perioperative Myocardial Infarction
Martinez EA, Nass CM, Jermyn RM, Rosenbaum SH, Akhtar S, Chan DW, Malkus H, Weiss JL, Fleisher LA. Intermittent Cardiac Troponin-I Screening is an Effective Means of Surveillance for a Perioperative Myocardial Infarction. Journal Of Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2005, 19: 577-582. PMID: 16202889, DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2005.07.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh diagnostic yieldPositive predictive valueDiagnosis of MIPostoperative day 1Myocardial infarctionDiagnostic yieldCardiac troponinNoncardiac surgeryCardiac injuryCreatine kinaseDay 1Surveillance strategiesIncidence of MIPerioperative cardiac injuryHigh-risk patientsPerioperative myocardial infarctionSubset of patientsIU/LGreater positive predictive valueTotal creatine kinaseCK-MB massCardiac protein markersPerioperative incidencePerioperative surveillanceCohort study