Preoperative evaluation profile of patients undergoing arterial vascular surgery in a tertiary hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with peripheral arterial disease have an increased risk of developing cardiovascular complications in the postoperative period of arterial surgeries known as Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE), which includes acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, malignant arrhythmias, and stroke. The preoperative evaluation aims to reduce mortality and the risk of MACE. However, there is no standardized approach to performing them. The aim of this study was to compare the preoperative evaluation conducted by general practitioners with those performed by cardiologists.

Methods

This is a retrospective analysis of medical records of patients who underwent elective arterial surgeries from January 2016 to December 2020 at a tertiary hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. The a

SUBMITTER: Magnani AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11338055 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature