Hypertension, hypertensive heart disease and perioperative cardiac risk

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 570-583

  Howell, S J ^a   Sear, J W ^b   Foex P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial pressure; Complications, hypertension; Risk, perioperative

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPETENCE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; ISCHEMIA; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA; ARRHYTHMIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ISCHEMIA; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842507337     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeh091     Document Type: Review

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