Table 1 Routine preoperative investigations according to surgical procedure
Endovascular aneurysm repair | Fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair | Open infrarenal | Open suprarenal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anaesthetics | Surgeons | Anaesthetics | Surgeons | Anaesthetics | Surgeons | Anaesthetics | Surgeons | |
Transthoracic echocardiogram | 42.11% | 58.54% | 42.11% | 58.82% | 42.22% | 59.52% | 41.86% | 57.89% |
Myocardial perfusion scan | 7.89% | 4.88% | 7.89% | 5.88% | 11.11% | 4.76% | 13.95% | 10.53% |
Stress Echocardiogram | 2.63% | 2.44% | 7.89% | 5.88% | 11.11% | 11.90% | 18.60% | 13.16% |
Pulmonary function tests | 47.37% | 56.10% | 39.47% | 55.88% | 44.44% | 54.76% | 41.86% | 50.00% |
Cardio-pulmonary exercise testing | 65.79% | 65.85% | 65.79% | 76.47% | 68.89% | 78.57% | 72.09% | 78.95% |