Troponin testing after noncardiac surgery: a population-based historical cohort study on variation and factors associated with testing in Ontario.

Paymon M AziziDuminda N WijeysunderaHarindra C WijeysunderaPeter C AustinAngela JerathLu HanMaria KohDennis T Ko

Published in: Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie (2022)

Troponin testing varied substantially across hospitals for selected major noncardiac surgery procedures even after accounting for differences in patient-level cardiac risk factors. Our observations lend support to a more standardized approach for troponin testing after noncardiac surgery.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
risk factors
surgical site infection
healthcare
left ventricular
heart failure
case report
percutaneous coronary intervention
acute coronary syndrome