Open AccessIntra-operative tachycardia is not associated with a composite of myocardial injury and mortality after noncardiac surgery
Author(s) -
Kurt Ruetzler,
Hüseyin Oğuz Yılmaz,
Alparslan Turan,
Nicole M. Zimmerman,
Guangmei Mao,
MingHui Hung,
Andrea Kurz,
Daniel I. Sessler
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
european journal of anaesthesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.445
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2346
pISSN - 0265-0215
DOI - 10.1097/eja.0000000000000925
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , tachycardia , troponin i , troponin , incidence (geometry) , anesthesia , mortality rate , surgery , myocardial infarction , physics , optics
Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery (MINS) is a major contributor to peri-operative morbidity and mortality with a reported incidence of about 8%. Tachycardia increases myocardial oxygen demand, and decreases oxygen supply, and is therefore a potential cause of MINS.