Suboptimal Outcome of Myocardial Infarction After Noncardiac Surgery: Physicians Can and Should Do More

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, and Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. philipj@mcmaster.ca.

Editorial

P J Devereaux. Circulation. 2018.

. 2018 May 29;137(22):2340-2343.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.033766.

¹ Departments of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, and Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. philipj@mcmaster.ca.

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; dabigatran; hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase inhibitors; myocardial infarction; prognosis; surgery; troponin.

Comment on

Hospital Readmission After Perioperative Acute Myocardial Infarction Associated With Noncardiac Surgery.
Smilowitz NR, Beckman JA, Sherman SE, Berger JS. Smilowitz NR, et al. Circulation. 2018 May 29;137(22):2332-2339. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.032086. Epub 2018 Mar 10. Circulation. 2018. PMID: 29525764 Free PMC article.