Role of Pre-operative Multiple Gated Acquisition Scanning in Predicting Long-Term Outcome in Patients Undergoing Elective Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

[1] Auerbach A(2006)Assessing and reducing the cardiac risk of non cardiac surgery Circulation 48 969-709

[2] Goldman L(1981)Infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm: factors influencing survival after operation performed over a 25-year period Ann Surg 193 699-726

[3] Crawford ES(1995)Comparative early and late cardiac morbidity among patients requiring different vascular surgery procedures J Vasc Surg 21 944-165

[4] Saleh SA(1996)Results of 1,000 consecutive elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repairs Cardiovasc Surg 4 724-753

[5] Babb JW(1999)Perioperative and long-term mortality rates after major vascular surgery: the relationship to preoperative testing in the Medicare population Anesth Analg 89 55-218

[6] L’Italien GJ(2012)Preoperative cardiac evaluation and perioperative cardiac therapy in patients undergoing open surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysms: effects on cardiovascular outcome Ann Vasc Surg 26 156-742

[7] Cambria RP(1992)Preoperative cardiac risk assessment for patients having peripheral vascular surgery Ann Intern Med 116 743-420

[8] Cutler BS(2012)The UK EndoVascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) trials: randomised trials of EVAR versus standard therapy Health Technol Assess 16 1-1234

[9] Lloyd WE(2003)The association of left ventricular ejection fraction, mortality, and cause of death in stable outpatients with heart failure J Am Coll Cardiol 42 736-238

[10] Paty PS(1983)Reliability of bedside evaluation in determining left ventricular function: correlation with left ventricular ejection fraction determined by radionuclide ventriculography J Am Coll Cardiol 1 417-949

[1] Auerbach A(2006)Assessing and reducing the cardiac risk of non cardiac surgery Circulation 48 969-709

[2] Goldman L(1981)Infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm: factors influencing survival after operation performed over a 25-year period Ann Surg 193 699-726

[3] Crawford ES(1995)Comparative early and late cardiac morbidity among patients requiring different vascular surgery procedures J Vasc Surg 21 944-165

[4] Saleh SA(1996)Results of 1,000 consecutive elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repairs Cardiovasc Surg 4 724-753

[5] Babb JW(1999)Perioperative and long-term mortality rates after major vascular surgery: the relationship to preoperative testing in the Medicare population Anesth Analg 89 55-218

[6] L’Italien GJ(2012)Preoperative cardiac evaluation and perioperative cardiac therapy in patients undergoing open surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysms: effects on cardiovascular outcome Ann Vasc Surg 26 156-742

[7] Cambria RP(1992)Preoperative cardiac risk assessment for patients having peripheral vascular surgery Ann Intern Med 116 743-420

[8] Cutler BS(2012)The UK EndoVascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) trials: randomised trials of EVAR versus standard therapy Health Technol Assess 16 1-1234

[9] Lloyd WE(2003)The association of left ventricular ejection fraction, mortality, and cause of death in stable outpatients with heart failure J Am Coll Cardiol 42 736-238

[10] Paty PS(1983)Reliability of bedside evaluation in determining left ventricular function: correlation with left ventricular ejection fraction determined by radionuclide ventriculography J Am Coll Cardiol 1 417-949