Cardiovascular diseases, prevention, and management of complications in older adults and frail patients treated for elective or post-traumatic hip orthopaedic interventions: a clinical consensus statement of the ESC Council for Cardiology Practice (CCP), the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care (ACVC), the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions of the ESC (ACNAP), the ESC Working Group on Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Diseases (WG APVD), and the ESC Working Group on Thrombosis (WG T)
Recommendations
As issued by the authors
Pre-operative care: assess and manage concomitant CVD and frailty
Peri- and post-operative care: specific concerns for anesthesia, prevention and management of thrombotic complications, specific nursing needs incl. prevention of infections and delirium
Integrated rehabilitation program focusing on cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and the risk of new falls, with a positive role for care-givers
Optimize the "hip surgery pathway" to help avoid deterioration of health and loss of independence
Original publication
Cardiovascular diseases, prevention, and management of complications in older adults and frail patients treated for elective or post-traumatic hip orthopaedic interventions: a clinical consensus statement of the ESC Council for Cardiology Practice (CCP), the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care (ACVC), the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions of the ESC (ACNAP), the ESC Working Group on Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Diseases (WG APVD), and the ESC Working Group on Thrombosis (WG T). Eur J Prev Cardiol. Published 15 January 2025. doi:10.
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