The value of preoperative pharmacologic stress testing before vascular surgery using ACC/AHA guidelines: a prospective, randomized trial

To evaluate the validity of preoperative cardiac stress testing using clinical predictors from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines on Perioperative Evaluation before Noncardiac Surgery in patients undergoing vascular surgery.Prospective, randomized pilot study.Academic medical center.Patients undergoing elective abdominal aortic, infrainguinal, and carotid vascular surgery.After stratification by American...