Comparison of pre- and postoperative myocardial injuries on mortality after non-cardiac surgery: a retrospective analysis using an inverse probability weighting adjustment.

ABSTRACT: Although both pre- and postoperative myocardial injuries are strongly associated with an increased postoperative mortality, no study has directly compared the effects of pre- and postoperative myocardial injuries on 30-day mortality after non-cardiac surgery. Therefore, we evaluated and compared the effects of pre- and postoperative myocardial injury on 30-day mortality after non-cardiac surgery. From January 2010 to December 2016, patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery were stratified into either the normal (n = 3182), preoperative myocardial injury (n = 694), or postoperative myocardial injury (n = 756) groups according to the peak cardiac troponin value. Myocardial injury was defined as a sole elevation of cardiac troponin value above the 99th percentile upper reference limit without i

SUBMITTER: Lee SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7713127 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature