The 2024 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC)/multisociety guideline for perioperative cardiovascular (CV) management for noncardiac surgery, released in September 2024, marks the fourth comprehensive revision of the perioperative guideline since its inception in 1996. This latest update reflects the most current, evidence-based recommendations, shaped by expert clinical insight, to guide the management of patients with CV conditions undergoing noncardiac surgery. 

 In this interview, Drs. Andrew Kates and Annemarie Thompson discuss the key updates from the 2014 guideline, highlighting significant changes and exploring its guidance on evaluating patients with CV disease before noncardiac surgery.  

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