Heart Rate Is Not a Reliable Predictor of Adverse Cardiac Outcomes or Mortality After Major Elective Vascular Surgery

Arrival heart rate (AHR) and heart rate control (HRC) are known indicators of cardiovascular complications after cardiac surgery, but there is little evidence of their role in predicting outcome after major vascular surgery. The purpose of this study was to determine whether AHR and HRC are predictive of mortality or major adverse cardiac events (MACE) after elective vascular surgery in the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI).

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - November 21, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Salvatore T. Scali, Daniel Neal, Daniel J. Bertges, Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen, Jack L. Cronenwett, Adam W. Beck Tags: Abstract from the Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery Source Type: research