Minjung Bak, Seung-Hwa Lee, Sung-Ji Park, Jungchan Park, Jihoon Kim, Darae Kim, Eun Kyoung Kim, Sung-A Chang, Sang-Chol Lee, Seung Woo Park
BACKGROUND: Aortic stenosis (AS) is a representative geriatric disease, and there is an anticipated rise in the number of patients requiring noncardiac surgeries in patients with AS. However, there is still a lack of research on the primary predictors of noncardiac perioperative complications in patients with asymptomatic significant AS. METHODS AND RESULTS: Among the cohort of noncardiac surgeries under general anesthesia, with an intermediate to high risk of surgery from 2011 to 2019, at Samsung Medical Center, 221 patients were identified to have asymptomatic significant AS...
April 30, 2024: Journal of the American Heart Association