In a large cohort study including 807,413 surgeries, many noncardiac surgeries, previously categorized as elevated cardiac risk, were found to be low cardiac risk.
27 Aug, 2021 | 08:29h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Nothing really new here. Confirmed increasing MACE with interm/high risk surgery vs low risk (all <1% MI/death). Argues for reassessing risk category for various procedures, usually to a lower category (laparoscopic, GU,Gyn,ortho other than TJR/hip Fx). https://t.co/x0DXaiCHuL
— Steven Cohn, MD (@preopconsult) August 21, 2021