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ID 114189
Title Alternative
Echocardiography and Non-Cardiac Surgery
Author
Torii, Yuta Tokushima University
Nishio, Susumu Tokushima University
Hirata, Yukina Tokushima University
Keywords
Echocardiography
Non-cardiac surgery
Risk assessment
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
Background: Whether preoperative echocardiography improves postoperative outcomes is not well established, so we examined the value of echocardiographic assessment on the onset of postoperative heart failure (HF), and determining which patients benefitted most from undergoing echocardiography prior to major elective non-cardiac surgery.
Methods and Results: We identified all patients aged 50 years and older who had major elective non-cardiac surgery, and excluded patients with previously identified severe cardiovascular disease. The primary endpoint was the onset of HF during hospitalization. A total of 806 patients were included in the analysis. During hospitalization, 49 patients (6%) reached the primary endpoint. Within the matched cohort, preoperative echocardiography was associated with a statistically significant decrease in postoperative HF (hazard ratio: 0.46, P=0.01). In subgroup analyses, age, sex, body surface area, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, prior HF, surgical type, chronic kidney disease, pulmonary disease, and malignancy influenced the association of echocardiography with postoperative HF.
Conclusions: The use of echocardiography in elderly patients with certain risk factors was associated with improved postoperative outcomes. The basis for this finding remains to be determined; particularly whether echocardiography is simply a marker of a population with better outcomes or whether it leads to better management that improves outcomes.
Journal Title
Circulation Journal
ISSN
13469843
13474820
NCID
AA11591968
Publisher
The Japanese Circulation Society
Volume
83
Issue
12
Start Page
2512
End Page
2519
Published Date
2019-11-25
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language
eng
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departments
University Hospital
Medical Sciences