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2391213

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-10-2
pubmed:abstractText
To determine if exercise electrocardiograms (EECGs) are justified in routine pre-operative screening for cardiac disease, we performed a prospective study on 77 consecutive patients scheduled for infrarenal aortic reconstructive surgery. All patients had EECGs performed 1-12 days prior to elective surgery. In addition to routine clinical assessment of cardiac disease, all patients were allocated a Goldman risk score. Four patients developed major post-operative cardiac complications of whom one patient died. EECG was not a significant predictor of outcome, as 48.6% of all EECGs were inadequate due to non-completion of the exercise protocol. Significant pre-operative predictors of outcome were a history of angina (p less than 0.01), myocardial infarction (p less than 0.001), congestive cardiac failure (p less than 0.0001), or a Goldman score of greater than 14 (p less than 0.05). By multivariate analysis of the pre-operative risk factors a history of congestive cardiac failure was found to be the most significant independent predictor of post-operative cardiac complications.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0332-3102
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
83
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
65-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-10-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Failure of bicycle exercise electrocardiograms to predict major post-operative cardiac complications in patients undergoing abdominal aortic surgery.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Vascular Surgery and Cardiology, Wellesley Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article