Why the study?
What is the long-term cardiac prognosis for patients following noncardiac surgery, particularly those with perioperative ischemic events?
Population
Patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, including those with chronic cardiovascular disease and survivors of…
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Follow-up
long-term
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May warrant closer postdischarge surveillance in patients with perioperative ischemia; leaves open whether interventions improve long-term outcomes.
What is the long-term cardiac prognosis for patients following noncardiac surgery, particularly those with perioperative ischemic events?
Survivors of in-hospital perioperative ischemic events after noncardiac surgery are at high risk for long-term adverse cardiac outcomes and warrant aggressive follow-up.
Dennis T. Mangano (1992) studied this question.
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