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Wytyczne ESC 2022 dotyczące oceny ryzyka sercowo-naczyniowego i postępowania u pacjentów poddawanych operacjom niekardiochirurgicznym

Sigrun Halvorsen, Julinda Mehilli, Salvatore Cassese, Trygve S. Hall, Magdy Abdelhamid, Emanuele Barbato, Stefan De Hert, Ingrid de Laval, Tobias Geisler, Lynne Hinterbuchner, Borja Ibanez, Radosław Lenarczyk, Ulrich R. Mansmann, Paul McGreavy, Christian Mueller, Claudio Muneretto, Alexander Niessner, Tatjana S. Potpara, Arsen Ristić, L. Elif Sade, Henrik Schirmer, Stefanie Schüpke, Henrik Sillesen, Helge Skulstad, Lucia Torracca, Oktay Tutarel, Peter Van Der Meer, Wojtek Wojakowski, Kai Zacharowski
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