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Published on: July 12, 2024
Accurate diagnosis of heart failure and improved perioperative outcomes
Benjamin Deniau1, Valentine Léopold2, Alexandre Mebazaa1
1Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Burn Unit, University Saint-Louis-Lariboisière Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France; Université de Paris Cité, Paris, France; INSERM UMR-S 942, Cardiovascular Markers in Stress Condition (MASCOT), Université de Paris Cité, Paris, France; Fédération Hopsitalo-Universitaire (FHU) Precision Medicine for a Comprehensive Care of Critically ill patients, Université de Paris Cité, Paris, France; Cardiovascular and Renal Clinical Trialists, Nancy, France.
Abstract:
With an ageing world population and increasing prevalence, heart failure is increasingly frequent as a comorbidity in operative patients, and its accurate preoperative diagnosis is essential to improve postoperative prognosis in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. Use of electronic health records to assist in the accuracy of diagnosis and definition of an adjudicated heart failure reference standard could help guide intraoperative practice and improve outcomes in patients with heart failure.

