None listed
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Samsung Medical Center
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. A patient expected to undergo intermediate-risk non-cardiac surgery according to the ESC/AHA guidelines and have three or more clinical cardiovascular risk factors from the revised cardiac risk index. 2. A patients without compelling indication for the echocardiography.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. A patient undergoing low-risk non-cardiac surgery according to ESC/AHA guidelines. 2. A patient undergoing intermediate-risk non-cardiac surgery according to ESC/AHA guidelines and have two or less clinical cardiovascular risk factors. 3. A patient whose life expectancy is less than 6 months. 4. A patient undergoing emergent surgery. 5. Functional capacity < 4 METs.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| A composite of all-cause death, aborted sudden cardiac arrest, type I myocardial infarction, unstable angina, stress-induced cardiomyopathy, lethal arrhythmia such as sustained ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation and heart failure. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| A composite of non-lethal arrhythmia such as non-sustained ventricular tachycardia or atrial fibrillation, cerebrovascular attack, transient ischemic attack, systemic embolization, pulmonary thromboembolism, type II myocardial infarction and elevation of NT-proBNP. ;cases in which cardiac interventions are necessary before surgery or significant cardiac disease are newly detected. | — |
Countries
Korea, Republic of
Contacts
Public ContactEun Kyoung Kim
Samsung Medical Center
Outcome results
None listed