angina myocardial ischemia
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients > 45 years of age with 1 or more major cardiovascular risk factors: Congestive heart failure, peripheral artery disease (intermittent claudication, history of vascular surgery etc), diabetes mellitus type I or II, coronary artery disease (history of myocardial infarction, stable angina pectoris, history of ischemia or coronary artery disease on cardiac tests (ECG, scintigraphy, echocardiogram, coronairangiogram etc), CVA, renal insufficiency (creat > 150umol/l), aortic valve stenosis (valve area 70, hypertension, high cholesterol, low functional capacity (4 METs or less), TIA, COPD AND undergoing abdominal surgery with an expected 30-day mortality rate > 2-3%: colorectal, gastric, pancreatic and liver surgery.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Age
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Perioperative myocardial ischemia characterized by positive high sensitive cardiac troponin T tests at day 0, 1, 3, 7. To rule out an increase in troponin T due to inflammation an IL-6 and TNF-A determination will be performed in in all samples. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Fatal and nonfatal postoperative complications: death, wound infection, sepsis, CVA/TIA, heart failure, AF, anastomotic dehiscence, respiratory insufficiency during 30 days after the surgical procedure. | — |
Countries
Netherlands