Surgery
|
No Clinical Risk Factors
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1 or More Clinical Risk Factors
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CHD or High Cardiac Risk
|
Patients Currently Taking Beta Blockers
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| Vascular |
Class IIb, Level of Evidence: B |
Class IIa, Level of Evidence: B |
Patients found to have myocardial ischemia on preoperative testing: Class I, Level of Evidence: B* |
Class I, Level of Evidence: B |
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|
|
Patients without ischemia or no previous test: Class IIa, Level of Evidence: B |
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| Intermediate risk |
... |
Class IIb, Level of Evidence: C |
Class IIa, Level of Evidence: B |
Class I, Level of Evidence: C |
| Low risk |
... |
... |
... |
Class I, Level of Evidence: C |
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| See Table 4 for definition of procedures. Ellipses (...) indicate that data were insufficient to determine a class of recommendation or level of evidence. See text for further discussion. CHD indicates coronary heart disease. |
| *Applies to patients found to have coronary ischemia on preoperative testing. |
 Applies to patients found to have coronary heart disease. |
