[PDF] Top 20 ACC AHA Guideline Update Perioperative Cardiovascular Executive summary Circ Journal.pdf

... Successful perioperative evaluation and treatment of cardiac patients undergoing noncardiac surgery requires careful teamwork and communication between the patient, primary care physician, anesthesiologist, ... See full document

... current update of the ACC/AHA/NASPE Guidelines for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhyth- mia Devices includes several significant changes in the recommendations and in the supporting ... See full document

... Angina. ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for the management of patients with unstable angina and non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction—summary article: a report of the American ... See full document

... for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions ...the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the January 3, 2006, issue of Circulation, and the January 2006, issue of Catheterization and ... See full document

... ment of acute MI has raised the question of whether primary PCI should be performed at institutions with diagnostic cardiac catheterization laboratories that do not perform elec- tive PCI or have on-site cardiac surgery. ... See full document

... 1. Patients with acute papillary muscle rupture should be considered for urgent cardiac surgical repair, unless further support is considered futile because of the Figure 4. Emergency management of complicated ... See full document

... An important predictor of this complication is the surgeon’s identification of a severely atherosclerotic, ascending aorta before or during the bypass operation. Perioperative athero- embolism from aortic plaque ... See full document

... DO. ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 guideline update for percutaneous coronary intervention—summary article: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on ... See full document

... To date, more than 4,000 HF patients with ventricular dys- synchrony have been evaluated in randomized controlled tri- als of optimal medical therapy alone versus optimal medical therapy plus CRT with or without an ICD. ... See full document

... the executive summary and recommendations is available by calling 800-242-8721 (US only) or writing the American Heart Association, Public Information, 7272 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX ...guidelines ... See full document

... 236) (see also Section 7.3.5 on DES). At this writing, no pub- lished studies are available comparing PCI with DES to CABG; thus, the impact of contemporary therapy with DES compared with CABG requires further ... See full document

... Few studies have examined the optimal method for diag- nosing a perioperative MI. Clinical symptoms, postopera- tive ECG changes, and elevation of the MB fraction of creatine kinase (CK-MB) have been studied most ... See full document

... randomized 12 562 patients with UA/STEMI who presented within 24 hours to placebo or clopidogrel (loading dose of 300 mg followed by 75 mg daily) and followed them for 3 to 12 months; all patients were given aspirin. ... See full document

... Copies: This document is available on the World Wide Web sites of the ACC (www.acc.org) and the AHA (www.americanheart.org). A single copy of the complete guidelines is available by calling 800-253-4636 (US ... See full document

... The ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines makes every effort to avoid any actual, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest that may arise as a result of an industry relationship or personal ... See full document

... of cardiovascular death, MI, and ...prevent cardiovascular outcomes in patients with diabetes after an MI, in the presence of hypertension, and in the presence of a low ejection fraction ... See full document

... Because myocardial ischemia, whether painful or silent, worsens prognosis, some authorities have advocated routine testing. However, the ACC/AHA practice guidelines for exercise testing favor selective ... See full document

... the ACC and AHA asked Expert Work Group members to provide updates and approve the final version of this table, which includes current relevant relationships ...and ACC/AHA’s current comprehensive ... See full document

... The committee conducted comprehensive searching of the scientific and medical literature on PCI, with special empha- sis on randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses pub- lished since 2001. In addition to ... See full document

... A indicates atrial; AP, accessory pathway; AT, atrial tachycardia; AV, atrioventricular; AVRT, atrio- ventricular reciprocating tachycardia; BBB, bundle-branch block; LBBB, left bundle-b[r] ... See full document