Postoperative Outcome in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension Undergoing Elective Non-Cardiac Surgery

The impact of pulmonary artery hypertension on post-operative outcome in elective, non-cardiac surgery is incompletely understood. This study was designed to evaluate the post-operative outcome of patients undergoing elective, non-cardiac surgery with and without pulmonary hypertension. The study wa...

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Published in:	Journal of Nepal Medical Association Vol. 56; no. 208; pp. 438 - 41
Main Authors:	Pathak, Vikas, Suwal, Kriti
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nepal Nepal Medical Association 01-10-2017
Subjects:	Aged Airway Extubation - statistics & numerical data Arrhythmias, Cardiac - epidemiology Case-Control Studies Comorbidity Echocardiography Elective Surgical Procedures Female Gastrectomy Heart Failure - epidemiology Hernia - epidemiology Herniorrhaphy Humans Hypertension, Pulmonary - diagnostic imaging Hypertension, Pulmonary - epidemiology Male Middle Aged Mortality Myocardial Infarction - epidemiology New York City - epidemiology Postoperative Complications - epidemiology Prostatic Diseases - epidemiology Prostatic Diseases - surgery Pulmonary hypertension, post-operative outcome, non-cardiac surgery Retrospective Studies Stroke - epidemiology Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgical Procedures Transurethral Resection of Prostate New York City echocardiogram; elective surgery; non-cardiac surgery; post-operative outcome; pulmonary hypertension
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