Journal article
Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Recent investigations have substantially improved our understanding of myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery (MINS).
RECENT FINDINGS: MINS is defined as a prognostically relevant myocardial injury due to ischemia that occurs during or within 30 days after noncardiac surgery. MINS occurs in 8% of adults undergoing major noncardiac surgery and is diagnosed with an elevated postoperative troponin measurement. MINS is …
Authors
Khan J; Alonso-Coello P; Devereaux PJ
Journal
Current Opinion in Cardiology, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 307–311
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
July 2014
DOI
10.1097/hco.0000000000000069
ISSN
0268-4705