Do vascular surgery patients need a cardiology work-up? A review of pre-operative cardiac clearance guidelines in vascular surgery.

Objectives: to outline the appropriate pre-operative cardiac work-up for patients who are scheduled for major peripheral vascular surgery.

Design: review of the literature.

Materials And Methods: a review of the literature focusing on studies that have correlated the pre-operative cardiac work-up patients receive to the cardiac morbidity and mortality following vascular surgery.