Balancing heart risk and surgical delays in complex preoperative care
In a new Annals "Beyond the Guidelines" feature, a general internal medicine physician and a cardiologist discuss how to evaluate and manage perioperative cardiovascular risk in an older patient with multiple chronic conditions who is preparing for noncardiac surgery. Using the 2024 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology guideline, which emphasizes a stepwise patient-centered…
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