Does intraoperative hypotension increase the risk of postoperative myocardial injury in elderly vascular surgery patients?
Prolonged and significant intraoperative hypotension is associated with postoperative myocardial injury in elderly patients undergoing vascular surgery.
In elderly vascular surgery patients, IOH defined as a 40% decrease from the preinduction mean arterial blood pressure with a cumulative duration of more than 30 min was associated with postoperative myocardial injury.
Waes et al. (Thu,) studied this question.