Preoperative Cardiac Assessment before Carotid Surgery: Should Perhaps Things Change?
George Galyfos1, Konstantina Aggeli2, Fragiska Sigala1
1First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, Hippocration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Abstract:
Carotid endarterectomy has been associated with perioperative symptomatic or asymptomatic myocardial ischemia and cardiac mortality although it has been classified as a procedure of intermediate cardiac risk. Recent data indicate that the Cardiac Risk Index score for preoperative assessment by the latest guidelines is not suitable for vascular surgery procedures in general and carotid procedures in particular. This review aims to present and analyze all these results, concluding that current recommendations for this specific procedure should perhaps be reevaluated.
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