2 results
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Assess functional ... exam Determine Cardiac ... echo in the last year ... postoperative cardiac ... CARP, DECREASE V trials
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... cardiovascular risk ... pericardial disease; assess ... cardioversion 2.