Cardiopulmonary exercise testing before abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery: a validated risk prediction tool?

Br J Anaesth. 2015 Oct;115(4):494-7. doi: 10.1093/bja/aev150. Epub 2015 Jun 17.

Authors

A Hollingsworth¹, G Danjoux², S J Howell³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Vascular Surgery, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.
² Department of Anaesthesia, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK Health and Social Care Institute, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK.
³ Leeds Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Leeds, UK Department of Anaesthesia, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK s.howell@leeds.ac.uk.

PMID: 26084714
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aev150

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Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
Elective Surgical Procedures / mortality*
Exercise Test / methods*
Exercise Test / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Humans
Male
Preoperative Care / methods*
Vascular Surgical Procedures / mortality*