Cardiology

Peri-Operative Medicine

Questions discussed in this category

Do you routinely order a pre-operative TTE in patients with apparently compensated CHF, but who have not had an echocardiogram in some time?

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What is your approach to checking preoperative cardiac biomarkers such as troponin and BNP?

Do you find them more helpful as predictors of perioperative risk or as a baseline to detect post-operative adverse cardiac events?

2 Answers available

Papers discussed in this category

Circulation, 2021 Oct 04

Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Myocardial Injury After Noncardiac Surgery: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

Circulation, 2024 Sep 24

2024 AHA/ACC/ACS/ASNC/HRS/SCA/SCCT/SCMR/SVM Guideline for Perioperative Cardiovascular Management for Noncardiac Surgery: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2024 Sep 24

2024 Perioperative Cardiovascular Management for Noncardiac Surgery Guideline-at-a-Glance.

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