Predicting peri-operative troponin elevation by advanced electrocardiography

Cardiovascular risk management in the peri‐operative setting

“…ECG is also recommended in some guidelines for all patients with known CVD or cardiovascular risk factors, or with signs or symptoms of CVD before intermediate or high risk major surgeries, but it is acknowledged that the evidence base for these recommendations is weak 7,8 . That is, pre‐operative ECG abnormalities have not been consistently shown to predict peri‐operative MACE in observational studies 16‐18 …”