Preoperative Assessment of Cardiac Risk Before Major Vascular Surgery

Preoperative Risk Assessment Before Major Vascular Surgery: Overview; Natural History of Peripheral Vascular Disease; Outcome After Major Vascular Surgery; The Concept of Risk and Major Vascular Surgery; Clinical Assessment Before Vascular Surgery; Electrocardiographic Techniques in Risk Assessment Before Vascular Surgery; Role of Radionuclide Venticulography in Cardiac Risk Assessment Before Vascular Surgery; Preoperative Risk Assessment Using Exercise and Pharmacological Thallium Scintigraphy; Nuclear Cardiology in Preoperative Assessment of Vascular Patients: Current Role and Future Considerations; Echocardiography in the Preoperative Assessment of the Vascular Surgical Patient; Coronary Arteriography Before Major Vascular Surgery: A Review of Previous Studies; Current and Future Role of Prophylactic Coronary Bypass and Coronary Angioplasty Before Major Vascular Surgery; Noncardiac Evaluation Before Vascular Surgery; Preoperative Assessment of Cardiac Risk Before Major Vascular Surgery: Anesthetic Considerations; Reducing Operative Risk Associated with Major Vascular Surgery