American College of Cardiology

EAGLE ET AL., PERIOPERATIVE CARDIOVASCULAR EVALUATION FOR NONCARDIAC SURGERY UPDATE
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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)

This is a Guideline Update of the 1996 Perioperative Guidelines. To highlight the changes, deleted text is indicated by strikeout, and revised text is presented in red. A clean version of the document, with changes fully incorporated, is available for download and print.

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