PMID: 30158326Aug 31, 2018Paper

Coronary Angiography in Patients With Perioperative Myocardial Injury After Non-Cardiac Surgery

The Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Francisco UjuetaNathaniel Smilowitz

Abstract

Each year, more than 300 million patients worldwide undergo non-cardiac surgery. Perioperative myocardial infarction (MI) is a common cardiovascular complication of surgery; thus, we sought to determine coronary artery anatomy in patients referred for coronary angiography for the evaluation of perioperative MI after non-cardiac surgery.

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