Application of transthoracic echocardiography in patients receiving intermediate- or high-risk noncardiac surgery.

Hsien-Yuan ChangWei-Ting ChangYen-Wen Liu

Published in: PloS one (2019)

Preoperative identification of significant MR on TTE is associated with increased MAEs at 56 days compared with that predicted by the modified Lee index alone in patients undergoing intermediate- or high-risk noncardiac surgery.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
surgical site infection
pulmonary hypertension
magnetic resonance
percutaneous coronary intervention
contrast enhanced
bioinformatics analysis