Cardiovascular risk evaluation for non-cardiac surgery, guidelines | EBPOM 24
Release Date: 09/02/2024
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More on POISE-3 here: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03505723
More on OPTIMISE II here: https://optimiseii.org/
More on the SPACE trial here: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad716