2 results
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Performance thorough ... > 1% risk of CV ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... with valvular dysfunction ... or LV dysfunction
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
restoring sinus rhythm vs ... cardiovascular risk ... Fibrillation - Testing ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... Elective cardioversion