Publikation

Predictors of long-term mortality and cardiac events in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease who survive major non-cardiac surgery

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 01.01.2005

Bereiche
PubMed
DOI

Zitation
Filipovic M, Jeger R, Girard T, Probst C, Pfisterer M, Gürke L, Studer W, Seeberger M. Predictors of long-term mortality and cardiac events in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease who survive major non-cardiac surgery. Anaesthesia 2005; 60:5-11.
Art
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review (Englisch)
Zeitschrift
Anaesthesia 2005; 60
Veröffentlichungsdatum
01.01.2005
ISSN (Druck)
0003-2409
Seiten
5-11
Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

The aim of this prospective study was to assess predictors of long-term outcome in patients with documented or suspected coronary artery disease who survive major non-cardiac surgery. The impact of patients' comorbidities, pre-operative heart rate variability and postoperative increase in cardiac troponin I on all-cause mortality and major cardiac events within 2 years was explored using multivariable logistic regression. Six of 173 patients died within the first month after surgery and were excluded from the study. Thirty-four of 167 patients (20%) died 1-24 months after surgery. Independent predictors of all-cause mortality were history of congestive heart failure (odds ratio 6.4 [95%, confidence interval 1.7-24]), pre-operatively depressed heart rate variability (odds ratio 6.4 [95%, confidence interval 1.9-21]), and age > 70 years (odds ratio 4.5 [95%, confidence interval 1.2-16]). In contrast, postoperative elevation of cardiac troponin I did not independently predict all-cause mortality or major cardiac events.