Preoperative Testing--A Bridge to Nowhere: A Teachable Moment

JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Aug;175(8):1272-3. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.2100.

Authors

Sanjiv M Baxi¹, Joshua R Lakin²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco2School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley.
² Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts4Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Asymptomatic Diseases*
Coronary Artery Bypass
Coronary Stenosis / diagnosis*
Coronary Stenosis / surgery
Femoral Artery / surgery
Humans
Incidental Findings*
Male
Mass Screening
Middle Aged
Peripheral Arterial Disease / surgery*
Preoperative Care*
Stents*
Subclavian Steal Syndrome / diagnosis*
Subclavian Steal Syndrome / surgery

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