Medical Clearance

Medical Clearance is the term sometimes used for PreOperative Risk Clearence of Patient before Aurgery but frequently used term medical clearance is a misnomer because a complete perioperative evaluation should serve three purposes:

1.Assessing the patient's incremental risk of death or serious morbidity as a consequence of (potentially not yet diagnosed) cardiovascular conditions during surgery or the postoperative period.

2.Minimizing the risk of these adverse cardiovascular events through medical, behavioral and (rarely) invasive measures.

3.Using the opportunity to alter cardiovascular risk and disease progression, independent of the upcoming surgery.