It emphasizes incorporating out-of-office blood pressure measurements using validated devices, given the commonly encountered phenomenon of white coat hypertension. This also captures cases of masked hypertension in which the patient’s blood pressure in the medical office is normal but elevat...
Lee et al. (8) derived and validated a “simple index” for the prediction of cardiac risk for stable patients undergoing nonurgent major noncardiac surgery. Six independent risk correlates were identified: ischemic heart disease (defined as history of MI, history of positive treadmill test, use...