Can brain natriuretic peptide identify noncardiac surgery patients at high risk for cardiac events?

Ali Usmani, MD
Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

Priyanka Sharma, MD
Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Ashish Aneja, MD
Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

Correspondence: Priyanka Sharma, MD, Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, S70, Cleveland, OH 44195; sharmap3@ccf.org

All authors reported that they have no commercial affiliations or financial interests that pose a potential conflict of interest with this article.

Ali Usmani, MD
Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

Priyanka Sharma, MD
Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Ashish Aneja, MD
Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

Correspondence: Priyanka Sharma, MD, Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, S70, Cleveland, OH 44195; sharmap3@ccf.org

All authors reported that they have no commercial affiliations or financial interests that pose a potential conflict of interest with this article.

Ali Usmani, MD
Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

Priyanka Sharma, MD
Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Ashish Aneja, MD
Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

Correspondence: Priyanka Sharma, MD, Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, S70, Cleveland, OH 44195; sharmap3@ccf.org

All authors reported that they have no commercial affiliations or financial interests that pose a potential conflict of interest with this article.