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October 01, 2014; Volume 81,Issue 10
Prabhakaran, Anbazhagan
- You have accessShould all patients have a resting 12-lead ECG before elective noncardiac surgery?Prashant Sharma, MD, FACP, Sourab Dhungel, MD, FACP and Anbazhagan Prabhakaran, MD, MRCP (Edin), FACPCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2014, 81 (10) 594-596; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13141
If the risk is low, an ECG could unnecessarily delay surgery, drive up costs, trigger further testing, and increase anxiety.