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What are the clinical and electrocardiographic characteristics of myocardial infarction after noncardiac surgery?
What are the clinical and electrocardiographic characteristics of myocardial infarction after noncardiac surgery?
Perioperative myocardial infarction after noncardiac surgery is typically an early, often asymptomatic (lacking chest pain), non-Q wave event, highlighting the need for high clinical suspicion and routine surveillance.
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May support early troponin surveillance for silent events; leaves open whether monitoring improves outcomes after noncardiac surgery.
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Badner et al. (1998) studied this question.
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