Should Pre-operative Troponin be a Standard Requirement in Patients Undergoing Major Lower Extremity Amputation?

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 637-641

  Gibson, S C ^a   Marsh, A ^a   Berry, C ^b   Payne, C ^a   Byrne, D S ^a   Rogers, P N ^a   McKay, A J ^a   Dargie, H ^b   Kingsmore, D B ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac complications; Cardiac troponin I; Lower extremity amputation; Pre operative risk stratification

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TROPONIN I;

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LEG AMPUTATION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TROPONIN I;

EID: 33646897361     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2005.11.020     Document Type: Article

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