SESSION DATE:

January 5, 2016 - 7:00 - 8:00 A.M.

LOCATIONS:

Phoenix Campus: MCH 1-212/Scottsdale Campus: MCB: 140E

SPEAKER:

William Freeman, MD

Consultant, Divison of Cardiology

Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona

TITLE:

NON-CARDIAC SURGERY IN THE CARDIAC PATIENT: FOCUS ON ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE

OBJECTIVES:

•  Describe the current approach to clinical risk stratification before noncardiac surgery;

•  Review the role of preoperative stress testing and current ACC/AHA guideline recommendations;

•  Discuss the use of perioperative beta-blocker therapy, rationale and risks.

Credit (if available) is announced on the Group Home Page.  All sessions reviewed individually and credit is pulled for any that does not meet the criteria