RT Book, Section A1 Mitter, Sumeet S. A1 Holly, Thomas A. A2 Heller, Gary V. A2 Hendel, Robert C. SR Print(0) ID 1145444177 T1 Preoperative Risk Assessment for Noncardiac Surgery T2 Nuclear Cardiology: Practical Applications, 3e YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259644993 LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1145444177 RD 2024/03/28 AB Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Of the 200 million patients who undergo noncardiac surgery each year the world over, approximately 10 million have a major perioperative cardiac complication within 30 days.1 Taken by itself, perioperative death constitutes the third leading cause of death in the United States and myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery is associated with a population attributable risk of 34% for death at 30 days in a recent international cohort analysis.2,3 With an aging and increasingly comorbid population, these numbers are expected to grow.