Prediction of early postoperative major cardiac events after elective orthopedic surgery: the role of B-type natriuretic peptide, the revised cardiac risk index, and ASA class

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate pre- and post-operative brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels and compare the power of this test in predicting in-hospital major adverse cardiac events (MACE: atrial fibrillation, flutter, acute heart failure or non-fatal/fatal myocardial infarction...

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Autores principales: Vetrugno, Luigi, Langiano, Nicola, Gisonni, Renato, Rizzardo, Alessandro, Venchiarutti, Paola Enrica, Divella, Michele, Pompei, Livia, Causero, Araldo, Rocca, Giorgio Della
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3998048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24655733
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-14-20

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