Correlation of location of acute myocardial infarct after noncardiac vascular surgery with preoperative dobutamine echocardiographic findings.

Assesses the usefulness of preoperative dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) for the identification of culprit coronary lesions in patients who died within 30 days of major vascular surgery. Reliability of a positive DSE in identifying patients at risk for a perioperative AMI; Implications for the relative efficacy of preoperative revascularization and perioperative medical therapy.