Preoperative transthoracic echocardiography does not lead to decreased postoperative mortality but with increased time to surgery and length of stay in Chinese geriatric hip fracture patients.

Xian LinRongjie WuRuiying ZhangDuanyong ChenGuang-Tao FuQiujian ZhengYuanchen Ma

Published in: European geriatric medicine (2024)

Preoperative TTE does not lead to decreased postoperative mortality but with increased time to surgery and length of stay in Chinese geriatric hip fracture patients. The predictive ability of TTE parameters is limited for postoperative mortality.

Keyphrases

hip fracture
patients undergoing
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
minimally invasive
cardiovascular events
risk factors
computed tomography
heart failure
type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
coronary artery disease
acute coronary syndrome
patient reported