Association between pre-operative prolonged corrected QT interval and all-cause mortality after non-cardiac surgery.

Helena Xiang JohannsdottirIngibjorg Jona GudmundsdottirSigurbergur Karason Martin Ingi Sigurdsson

Published in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2022)

Pre-operative QTc between 480 and 519 ms is associated with both higher long-term and 30-day mortality after non-cardiac surgery. The results suggest that this could reflect an underlying cardiovascular risk.

Keyphrases

cardiac surgery
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