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Perioperative Myocardial Ischaemia in Non-cardiac Surgery

Dr Heather Short

Clinical Fellow Thoracic Anaesthesia, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust, UK

Edited by: Dr Nicola Whittle, Consultant Anaesthetist, Waikato Hospital, NZ; Dr Pranesh Jogia, Intensive Care Specialist and Cardiologist, Waikato Hospital, NZ

Corresponding author e-mail: hevshort@gmail.com

Published 20 March 2018

Abstract

This article highlights factors that make patients at high risk of perioperative myocardial ischaemia. It also discusses evidence for anaesthetic technique for this high-risk group and the management of intra-operative myocardial ischaemia.

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