Perioperative Issues: Myocardial Ischemia and Protection — Beta-Blockade
Maggio P, Taheri P. Perioperative Issues: Myocardial Ischemia and Protection — Beta-Blockade. Surgical Clinics Of North America 2005, 85: 1091-1102. PMID: 16326195, DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2005.09.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNoncardiac surgeryPeri-operative cardiac eventsHigh-risk patientsLow-risk patientsThird of patientsPreoperative risk assessmentCoronary artery diseaseLow complication rateCardiac complicationsCardiovascular complicationsPerioperative morbidityPerioperative outcomesCardiac eventsComplication rateArtery diseaseMyocardial ischemiaImportant causePatientsGreater riskMorbidityComplicationsSurgeryMortalityRiskGreat benefit