BACKGROUND When considering whether a patient is fit for surgery, a comprehensive
patient assessment represents the first step for an anaesthetist to evaluate the risks …

Abstract Aim The “2024 aha/acc/acs/asnc/hrs/sca/scct/scmr/svm Guideline for Perioperative
Cardiovascular Management for Noncardiac Surgery” provides recommendations to guide …

Myocardial injury is now an acknowledged complication in patients undergoing noncardiac
surgery. Heterogeneity in the definitions of myocardial injury contributes to difficulty in …

Copeptin is the carboxyl-terminus of the arginine vasopressin (AVP) precursor peptide. The
main physiological functions of AVP are fluid and osmotic balance, cardiovascular …

Importance Nearly 16 million surgical procedures are conducted in North America yearly,
and postoperative cardiovascular events are frequent. Guidelines suggest functional …

Background The Revised Cardiac Risk Index (RCRI) is a widely acknowledged prognostic
model to estimate preoperatively the probability of develo** in‐hospital major adverse …

Study objective Determine if psoas muscle area measured in routine preoperative computed
tomography scans (CT) can be used to identify patients at increased risk of adverse …

Ceramides and phosphatidylcholines (PCs) are bioactive lipids and lipid bilayer membrane
components. Distinct ceramides/PCs (ratios) predict cardiovascular outcome in patients with …

Background: The association between growth differentiation factor-15 concentrations and
cardiovascular disease has been well described. The study hypothesis was that growth …

Background Chronic heart failure (HF) is a common clinical condition associated with
adverse outcomes in elderly patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery. This study aimed to …