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EAGLE ET AL., PERIOPERATIVE CARDIOVASCULAR EVALUATION FOR NONCARDIAC SURGERY UPDATE
http://www.acc.org/clinical/guidelines/perio/update/periupdate_index.htm
ACC/AHA Guideline Update for Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery

A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1996 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery)

Appendix II—Abbreviations

ACC = American College of Cardiology

ACE = angiotensin converting enzyme

AHA = American Heart Association

BARI = Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation

CABG = coronary artery bypass graft

CAD = coronary artery disease

CASS = Coronary Artery Surgery Study

CHD = coronary heart disease

CI = confidence interval

CK-MB = creatine kinase-MB

DSE = dobutamine stress echocardiogram

ECG = electrocardiogram

HF = heart failure

ICD = implantable cardioverter defibrillator

LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction

MET = metabolic equivalent

MI = myocardial infarction

PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention

PTCA = percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

TEE = transesophageal echocardiography

 

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