Noncardiac Surgery in Patients With Aortic Stenosis: A Contemporary Study on Outcomes in a Matched Sample From the Danish Health Care System

ConclusionsAS is associated with high perioperative rates of MACE and mortality, but perhaps prognosis is, in practice, not much worse for patients with AS than for matched controls. Symptomatic patients and patients undergoing emergency surgery are at considerable risks of a MACE and mortality.

Source: Clinical Cardiology - September 15, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Charlotte Andersson, Mads Emil Jørgensen, Andreas Martinsson, Peter Wæde Hansen, J. Gustav Smith, Per Føge Jensen, Gunnar H. Gislason, Lars Køber, Christian Torp‐Pedersen Tags: Clinical Investigation Source Type: research