Prediction of perioperative cardiac events through preoperative NT-pro-BNP and cTnI after emergent non-cardiac surgery in elderly patients.

Prediction of perioperative cardiac events through preoperative NT-pro-BNP and cTnI after emergent non-cardiac surgery in elderly patients.

<h4>Objectives</h4>Clinical risk stratification has an important function in preoperative evaluation of patients at risk for cardiac events prior to non-cardiac surgery. The aim of this study was to determine whether the combined measurement of pre-operative N-terminal pro-brain natriure...

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Main Authors: Jinling Ma, Qian Xin, Xiujie Wang, Meng Gao, Yutang Wang, Jie Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121306

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