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Prognostic capabilities of coronary computed tomographic angiography before non-cardiac surgery: prospective cohort study

Sheth T 1 , Chan M 2 , Butler C 3 , Chow B 4 , Tandon V 5 , Nagele P 6 Show all authors , Mitha A 7 , Mrkobrada M 8 , Szczeklik W 9 , Faridah Y 10 , Biccard B 11 , Stewart LK 12 , Heels-Ansdell D 13 , Devereaux PJ 14 , Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography and Vascular Events in Noncardiac Surgery Patients Cohort Evaluation Study Investigators

Affiliations 

  • 1 Population Health Research Institute, David Braley Cardiac, Vascular, and Stroke Research Institute, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2, Canada shetht@mcmaster.ca
  • 2 Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
  • 3 Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Alberta, 2C2 Walter Mackenzie Centre, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada
  • 4 Departments of Medicine (Cardiology) and Radiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4W7, Canada
  • 5 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, St. Joseph's Healthcare, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8N 4A6, Canada
  • 6 Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Washington, MO 63110, USA
  • 7 Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital-Department of Radiology, Cato Manor, Durban, 4091, South Africa
  • 8 Division of General Internal Medicine,University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5A5, Canada
  • 9 Department of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-027 Krakow, Poland
  • 10 Department of Biomedical Imaging, University Malaya Research Imaging Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
  • 11 University of Kwazulu-Natal, Glenwood, Durban, 4041, South Africa
  • 12 Diagnostic Imaging, Hamilton Health Sciences, Jurvanski Hospital, Hamilton, ON L8V 1C3, Canada
  • 13 Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 3Z5, Canada
  • 14 Departments of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton , ON L8S 3Z5, Canada
BMJ, 2015;350:h1907.
PMID: 25902738 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h1907

Abstract

To determine if coronary computed tomographic angiography enhances prediction of perioperative risk in patients before non-cardiac surgery and to assess the preoperative coronary anatomy in patients who experience a myocardial infarction after non-cardiac surgery.

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