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Myocardial Ischemia or Cardiac Failure: Which Constitutes the Major Perioperative Risk?

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Intensive Care Medicine

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That cardiac disease is a potent cause of postoperative morbidity and mortality is not open to question. The question should be, is myocardial ischemia or cardiac failure the greater threat to the surgical patient? It is our contention that cardiac failure in the postoperative period, is the most important issue and that myocardial ischemia, as an isolated finding, may not be as important as is often thought.

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  1. Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean-Louis Vincent MD, PhD, FCCM, FCCP (Head) (Head)

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Older, P., Hall, A. (2003). Myocardial Ischemia or Cardiac Failure: Which Constitutes the Major Perioperative Risk?. In: Vincent, JL. (eds) Intensive Care Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5548-0_37

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