Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Ontario Health Technology Advisory Committee. Preoperative cardiac stress tests for noncardiac surgery. Toronto: Health Quality Ontario (HQO). OHTAC Recommendation. 2014 Authors' conclusions OHTAC does not recommend the routine use of noninvasive cardiac stress tests for preoperative screening purposes prior to noncardiac, intermediate-risk, elective surgery.
OHTAC recommends that the selective use of these tests be guided based on patients' clinical risk factors for perioperative cardiac complications, as well as whether information from the test would inform clinical decision-making Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Electrocardiography; Exercise Tests; Patient Selection; Predictive Value of Tests Language Published English Country of organisation Canada English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence Evidence Development and Standards, Health Quality Ontario, 130 Bloor Street West, 10th floor, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 1N5 Email: EDSinfo@hqontario.ca AccessionNumber 32014000645 Date abstract record published 18/06/2014 |