Cardiac complications in patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 373, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 2258-2269

  Devereaux, P J ^a,b   Sessler, Daniel I ^c  

^a HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CREATININE; TROPONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NATRIURETIC FACTOR;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CANADA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARREST; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TACHYCARDIA; BLOOD; EXERCISE TEST; HEART DISEASES; MORTALITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGERY;

BIOMARKERS; EXERCISE TEST; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84948783433     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1502824     Document Type: Review

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