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7826780

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-2-21
pubmed:abstractText
We studied 325 patients undergoing elective noncardiac surgery who had preoperative ambulatory ECG monitoring performed for a duration of 5130 h (range 8-24 h; mean 15.8 h). Sixty-four subjects (20%) had one or more episodes of ST segment depression consistent with myocardial ischaemia. Of all preoperative cardiovascular variables measured, the presence of elevated arterial pressure, despite patients being maintained on long term antihypertensive therapy, was the only factor associated significantly with the presence of preoperative silent myocardial ischaemia (P < 0.002). This correlation was confirmed when arterial hypertension was defined in four separate ways. The incidence of silent ischaemia in these patients was 33-55%. We suggest that admission arterial pressure may therefore be a useful screening test to identify patients at risk of preoperative myocardial ischaemia.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0007-0912
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
73
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
574-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-9-29
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Resistant hypertension and preoperative silent myocardial ischaemia in surgical patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't