Cardiac Risk of Noncardiac Surgery in Patients with Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy
Haering M, Comunale M, Parker R, Lowenstein E, Douglas P, Krumholz H, Manning W. Cardiac Risk of Noncardiac Surgery in Patients with Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy. Anesthesiology 1996, 85: 254-259. PMID: 8712439, DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199608000-00005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse cardiac eventsAsymmetric septal hypertrophyAdverse perioperative cardiac eventsPerioperative cardiac eventsCongestive heart failureCardiac eventsNoncardiac surgerySeptal hypertrophyHeart failureMajor surgeryCardiac riskMyocardial infarctionImportant independent risk factorOutflow tract gradientPercent of patientsDuration of surgeryIndependent risk factorLength of surgerySystolic anterior motionPrior myocardial infarctionCoronary artery diseaseType of anesthesiaAnterior mitral leafletEmergent cardioversionTract gradient