Poldermans D, Bax JJ, Boersma E, De Hert S, Eeckhout E et al. (2009). Guidelines for pre-operative cardiac risk assessment and perioperative cardiac management in non-cardiac surgery: The Task Force for Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Perioperative Cardiac Management in Non-cardiac Surgery of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and endorsed by the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA).. Eur Heart J. DOI:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp337. PMID 19713421.

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2009-09 articles

Schouten O, Boersma E, Hoeks SE, Benner R, van Urk H, van Sambeek MR et al. (2009) Fluvastatin and perioperative events in patients undergoing vascular surgery. N Engl J Med 361 (10):980-9. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0808207 PMID: 19726772

Extract: "In patients undergoing vascular surgery, perioperative fluvastatin therapy was associated with an improvement in postoperative cardiac outcome."

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2007-05 articles

Poldermans D, Schouten O, Vidakovic R, Bax JJ, Thomson IR, Hoeks SE et al. (2007) A clinical randomized trial to evaluate the safety of a noninvasive approach in high-risk patients undergoing major vascular surgery: the DECREASE-V Pilot Study. J Am Coll Cardiol 49 (17):1763-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.11.052 PMID: 17466225

Extract: "In this randomized pilot study, designed to obtain efficacy and safety estimates, preoperative coronary revascularization in high-risk patients was not associated with an improved outcome."

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