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 monitoringPostoperative myocardial ischemia: Etiology of cardiac morbidity or manifestation of underlying disease?
Fleisher L, Nelson A, Rosenbaum S. Postoperative myocardial ischemia: Etiology of cardiac morbidity or manifestation of underlying disease? Journal Of Clinical Anesthesia 1995, 7: 97-102. PMID: 7598933, DOI: 10.1016/0952-8180(94)00030-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsST-segment changesNoncardiac surgery patientsCardiac eventsSegment changesCardiac morbiditySurgery patientsMyocardial ischemiaThird postoperative dayTertiary care hospitalGroup of patientsTransient ST segment changesIntensive care unitCK-MB isoenzymeAmbulatory electrocardiographic recordersGeneral inpatientsCare hospitalCohort studyPostoperative dayCare unitSurgical periodCardiac ischemiaPatientsMorbidityAmbulatory ECGElectrocardiographic recorder