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Does elevated preoperative pulse pressure increase the risk of perioperative myocardial injury in patients aged ≥45 years undergoing non-cardiac surgery?
Does elevated preoperative pulse pressure increase the risk of perioperative myocardial injury in patients aged ≥45 years undergoing non-cardiac surgery?
Preoperative pulse pressure >62 mm Hg is an independent predictor of perioperative myocardial injury in non-cardiac surgery, outperforming systolic blood pressure alone.
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Elevated preoperative pulse pressure may identify higher-risk non-cardiac surgery patients; leaves open whether targeting it reduces myocardial injury.
Abbott et al. (2017) studied this question.
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