Preoperative anxiety as predictor of perioperative clinical events following carotid surgery: a prospective observational study.
Manuela AspalterFlorian K EnzmannThomas J HölzenbeinWolfgang HitzlFlorian PrimavesiLucia AlgayerovaPatrick NierlichChristoph KartnigReinald SeitelbergerKlaus LinniPublished in: Perioperative medicine (London, England) (2021)
The present study indicates that preoperative anxiety is associated with the occurrence of intra- and postoperative neurological events in patients undergoing CEA. Patients who had a preoperative HADS-A score of 6 or less had a very low probability of experiencing these complications.