ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2002 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery) Developed in Collaboration With the American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Heart Rhythm Society, Society of Cardiovasc

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2007-10, Vol.50 (17), p.1707-1732
• Main Authors: Fleisher, Lee A, Beckman, Joshua A, Brown, Kenneth A, Calkins, Hugh, Chaikof, Elliot L, Chaikof, Elliott, Fleischmann, Kirsten E, Freeman, William K, Froehlich, James B, Kasper, Edward K, Kersten, Judy R, Riegel, Barbara, Robb, John F, Smith, Jr, Sidney C, Jacobs, Alice K, Adams, Cynthia D, Anderson, Jeffrey L, Antman, Elliott M, Buller, Christopher E, Creager, Mark A, Ettinger, Steven M, Faxon, David P, Fuster, Valentin, Halperin, Jonathan L, Hiratzka, Loren F, Hunt, Sharon A, Lytle, Bruce W, Nishimura, Rick, Ornato, Joseph P, Page, Richard L, Tarkington, Lynn G, Yancy, Clyde W
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Anesthesia - standards; Angioplasty; Cardiology; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular Diseases - diagnosis; Committees; Coronary vessels; Councils; Decision making; Heart; Heart attacks; Heart Function Tests - standards; Heart surgery; Humans; Intraoperative Complications - prevention & control; Intubation; Long-Term Care - standards; Medical imaging; Pain management; Peer review; Perioperative Care - standards; Pharmaceuticals; Pulmonary arteries; Surgical Procedures, Operative - standards; Task forces; Treatment Outcome; Writing
• ISSN: 0735-1097; 1558-3597
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.09.001

Prescribed courses of treatment in accordance with these recommendations will only be effective if they are followed.\n Jude Medical None None None Smadar Kort Content Reviewer: ACCF Echocardiography Committee None Bristol-Myers Squibb None Philips None None None Harlan Krumholz Content Reviewer: ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines None None None None None None None Fred Kushner Content Reviewer: ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines None CV Therapeutics; Novartis None None None Pfizer; Sanofi-Aventis None Jerrold Levy Content Reviewer: AHA Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia Leadership Committee Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Dianon Systems PDL BioPharma None Abbott Laboratories; Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc; The Medicines Co; Novo Nordisk Council on Clinical Cardiology Leadership Committee None None None None None None None Jay Silverstein Content Reviewer: ACCF Cardiovascular Imaging Committee None None None None None None None Kim Williams Content Reviewer: ACCF Cardiovascular Clinical Imaging Committee CV Therapeutics*; GE Healthcare*; King Pharmaceuticals, Inc* Astellas Healthcare*; GE Healthcare* None Bristol-Myers Squibb*; CV Therapeutics*; GE Healthcare*; Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Inc* None None None Stuart Winston Content Reviewer: AHA Clinical Electrophysiology Committee Boston Scientific/Guidant None None Biotronik; Boston Scientific/Guidant; Medtronic None None None Janet Wyman Content Reviewer: ACCF Cardiac Catheterization Committee None None None None None None None Appendix II Peer Revieer Relationships With Industry: ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery This table represents the relationships of peer reviewers with industry that were disclosed at the time of peer review of this guideline. Abbreviation Definition ACC American College of Cardiology ACS American College of Surgeons ADA American Diabetes Association AHA American Heart Association CAD coronary artery disease CARP Coronary Artery Revascularization Prophylaxis DECREASE Dutch Echocardiographic Cardiac Risk Evaluation Applying Stress Echocardiography ECG electrocardiogram ICD implantable cardioverter-defibrillator LV left ventricle/left ventricular MET metabolic equivalent MI myocardial infarction PCI percutaneous coronary intervention SCAI Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Appendix III Abbreviations List