[Perioperative cardiac infarction - an underdiagnosed problem]
Markku Salmenperä1, Liisa Petäjä, Juha Virolainen
1Anestesiologian, tehohoidon, ensihoidon ja kivun hoidon klinikkaryhmä HYKS Meilahden sairaala.
Abstract:
Perioperative cardiac infarction (PMI) associated with surgery and the postoperative period significantly restricts the outcome of operative treatment. PMI is encountered in 0.5 to 1% of surgical patients, but among high-risk patients the incidence exceeds 10%. The disorder is associated with a mortality of 10 to 25%, corresponding to at least 1 000 patient deaths annually, as adjusted to the numbers of operative treatment in Finland, and its care requires at least 20000 extra days of hospitalization.
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