Numerous studies30 using perioperative Holter monitoring in high-cardiac-risk patients
undergoing major surgery showed that silent, heart rate–related ST-segment depression is …

Perioperative stroke after noncardiac, nonneurosurgical procedures is more common than
generally acknowledged. It is reported to have an incidence of 0.05-7% of patients. Most are …

Each section has been revised or rewritten and five new sections added:(i) management of
free floating thrombus (section 4.13),(ii) management of carotid webs (section 4.14),(iii) …

AR Naylor a, J.-B. Ricco a, GJ de Borst a, S. Debus a, J. de Haro a, A. Halliday a, G.
Hamilton a, J. Kakisis a, S. Kakkos a, S. Lepidi a, HS Markus a, DJ McCabe a, J. Roy a, H …

PURPOSE: The pathophysiology of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) after noncardiac
surgery is not established yet. Thrombosis over a vulnerable plaque or decreased oxygen …

About 300 million adults undergo non-cardiac surgery annually. Although, in this setting, the
incidence of perioperative stroke is low, the absolute number of patients experiencing a …

Purpose Adverse events associated with the use of bone cement for fixation of prostheses is
a known complication. Due to inconclusive results in studies of hip fracture patients treated …

Atherosclerosis is a multifactorial inflammatory disease characterized by the development of
plaque formation leading to occlusion of the vessel and hypoxia of the tissue supplied by the …

Conclusions Unusually low blood pressure will eventually result in neurological damage;
however, the threshold and duration at which an association might be found between a …

Although perioperative stroke is uncommon during low-risk non-vascular surgery, if it occurs,
it can negatively impact recovery from the surgery and functional outcome. Based on the …