Grade 3 Echocardiographic Diastolic Dysfunction Is Associated With Increased Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events After Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

CONCLUSIONS: In patients with isolated diastolic dysfunction undergoing noncardiac surgery, 10.0% develop MACEs during hospital stay after surgery; grade 3 diastolic dysfunction is associated with greater risk of MACEs. PMID: 31425203 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Anesthesia and Analgesia - August 21, 2019 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Zhou Y, Liu L, Cheng T, Wang DX, Yang HY, Zhang BW, Yang Y, Chen F, Li XY Tags: Anesth Analg Source Type: research