Emergency surgery and advanced cardiac disease are risk factors for major adverse cardiac events after noncardiac surgery in patients with recent coronary stent implantation, according to a study published by JAMA. The study is being released early online to coincide with its presentation at the American College of Surgeons 2013 Annual Clinical Congress. "Approximately 600,000 percutaneous coronary stent procedures are performed annually in the United States...
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