Assessment and correction of the risk of cardiac complications during non-cardiac surgery
A. N. Sumin
Abstract:About 300 million non-cardiac operations are performed annually worldwide. In developed countries, an increasing number of such operations are performed in older patients with comorbid cardiac pathology. The leading cause of perioperative mortality is cardiovascular complications. The national and international guidelines published in the last year on cardiovascular assessment and correction of the risk of cardiac complications during non-cardiac operations contain several contradictory provisions. First of al… Show more
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