Lee Fleisher

Dept of Anesthesia, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, United States of America

Certification:
Anesthesia

Affiliation:
Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania

Faculty Appointment:
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Educational Background:
Medical School:
SUNY Stony Brook

Internship:
University of Minnesota

Residency:
Yale-New Haven Hospital

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Anesthesiology & Pain Management > Cardiovascular Medicine in Anesthesia: Basic Science (since 14 November 2005)

All recent recommendations

• 4.8
  Time and cardiac risk of surgery after bare-metal stent percutaneous coronary intervention.
  Recommended by Lee Fleisher with Michael C Banks, Yukio Hayashi
  
• 7.0
  Effects of extended-release metoprolol succinate in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery (POISE trial): a randomised controlled trial.
  Recommended by Johan Coetzee, Lee Fleisher with Michael C Banks, Michael O'Connor, Fred Weaver with Sukgu Han, Greg McAnulty
  
• 3.0
  Prospective study of peripheral arterial catheter infection and comparison with concurrently sited central venous catheters.
  Recommended by Lee Fleisher with Michael C Banks
  
• 4.8
  Predictors of postoperative acute renal failure after noncardiac surgery in patients with previously normal renal function.
  Recommended by Lee Fleisher with Dr Michael C. Banks, Yukio Hayashi
  
• 9.0
  Should major vascular surgery be delayed because of preoperative cardiac testing in intermediate-risk patients receiving beta-blocker therapy with tight heart rate control?
  Recommended by Lee Fleisher
  
• 6.0
  High-dose beta-blockers and tight heart rate control reduce myocardial ischemia and troponin T release in vascular surgery patients.
  Recommended by Lee Fleisher
  
• 6.6
  Effect of perioperative beta blockade in patients with diabetes undergoing major non-cardiac surgery: randomised placebo controlled, blinded multicentre trial.
  Recommended by Lee Fleisher, Simon Howell, Lena Napolitano, Yukio Hayashi
  
• 3.0
  Comparison of cardiovascular risk of noncardiac surgery following coronary angioplasty with versus without stenting.
  Recommended by Lee Fleisher