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Editorial
. 2014 Mar;120(3):533-5.
doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000112.

TnT: blowing the cover from perioperative myocardial injury

Karsten Bartels  1 , Breandan L Sullivan, Holger K Eltzschig
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Editorial

TnT: blowing the cover from perioperative myocardial injury

Karsten Bartels et al. Anesthesiology. 2014 Mar.

Abstract

This article has been selected for the Anesthesiology CME Program. Learning objectives and disclosure and ordering information can be found in the CME section at the front of this issue.

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Figures

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Image: Silvia Martín-Puig (immunofluorescent monoclonal antibody staining of cardiac Troponin T in human fetal cardiomyocytes). Used with permission.
Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Magnitude of perioperative mortality. The three leading causes of death in the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) annual death table for the United States in 2006 were: (1) diseases of heart (n = 631,636), (2) malignant neoplasms (n = 559,888), and (3) cerebrovascular diseases (n = 137,119). By using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) for the same year, Semel et al. reported 189,690 deaths within 30 days of admission for inpatients having a surgical procedure. In magnitude, all-cause 30-day inpatient mortality after surgery approximated the third leading cause of death in the United States. Figure adapted with permission from Lippincott Williams and Wilkins/Wolters Kluwer Health. Bartels K, Karhausen J, Clambey ET, Grenz A, Eltzschig HK: Perioperative organ injury. Anesthesiology 2013, copyright 2013.
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Comment on

  • Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery: a large, international, prospective cohort study establishing diagnostic criteria, characteristics, predictors, and 30-day outcomes.
    Botto F, Alonso-Coello P, Chan MT, Villar JC, Xavier D, Srinathan S, Guyatt G, Cruz P, Graham M, Wang CY, Berwanger O, Pearse RM, Biccard BM, Abraham V, Malaga G, Hillis GS, Rodseth RN, Cook D, Polanczyk CA, Szczeklik W, Sessler DI, Sheth T, Ackland GL, Leuwer M, Garg AX, Lemanach Y, Pettit S, Heels-Ansdell D, Luratibuse G, Walsh M, Sapsford R, Schünemann HJ, Kurz A, Thomas S, Mrkobrada M, Thabane L, Gerstein H, Paniagua P, Nagele P, Raina P, Yusuf S, Devereaux PJ, Devereaux PJ, Sessler DI, Walsh M, Guyatt G, McQueen MJ, Bhandari M, Cook D, Bosch J, Buckley N, Yusuf S, Chow CK, Hillis GS, Halliwell R, Li S, Lee VW, Mooney J, Polanczyk CA, Furtado MV, Berwanger O, Suzumura E, Santucci E, Leite K, Santo JA, Jardim CA, Cavalcanti AB, Guimaraes HP, Jacka MJ, Graham M, McAlister F, McMurtry S, Townsend D, Pannu N, Bagshaw S, Bessissow A, Bhandari M, Duceppe E, Eikelboom J, Ganame J, Hankinson J, Hill S, Jolly S, Lamy A, Ling E, Magloire P, Pare G, Reddy D, Szalay D, Tittley J, Weitz J, Whitlock R, Darvish-Kazim S, Debeer J, Kavsak P, Kearon C, Mizera R, O'Donnell M, McQueen M, Pinthus J, Ribas S, Simunovic M, Tandon V, Vanhelder T, Winemaker M, Gerstein H, McDonald S, O'Bryne P, Patel … See abstract for full author list ➔ Botto F, et al. Anesthesiology. 2014 Mar;120(3):564-78. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000113. Anesthesiology. 2014. PMID: 24534856

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