Coronary disease & ACS

Long-term outcomes of perioperative myocardial infarction/injury after non-cardiac surgery

Eur Heart JPublished Prospective cohort study

Authors' conclusion

At 1 year, most PMI aetiologies have unacceptably high rates of MACE and all-cause death

Study context

Population
Consecutive high-risk patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgeryPerioperative myocardial infarction/injury (PMI) in 1016 (13.1%)
Participants
7,754 patients
Exposure
PMI aetiologies vs no PMI
Outcome
MACE (acute MI, AHF [both from day 3], life-threatening arrhythmia, CV death) and all-cause death
Follow-up
1 year
Methodological detailsmulticentre, central adjudication by two independent physicians
  • Multicentre
  • Central adjudication by two independent physicians

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

MACE and all-cause death by PMI aetiology
GroupMACEDeath
Extra-cardiac PMI51%38%
T1MI41%27%
Tachyarrhythmia57%40%
Acute heart failure (AHF)64%49%
lT2MI25%17%
No PMI7%9%

MACE

Extra-cardiac PMI51%
T1MI41%
Tachyarrhythmia57%
Acute heart failure (AHF)64%
lT2MI25%
No PMI7%

Death

Extra-cardiac PMI38%
T1MI27%
Tachyarrhythmia40%
Acute heart failure (AHF)49%
lT2MI17%
No PMI9%

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

MACE and all-cause death, whole cohort · 1 year

At least one MACE
684/7754 (8.8%)
All-cause death
818/7754 (10.5%)

Original publication

Long-term outcomes of perioperative myocardial infarction/injury after non-cardiac surgery. Eur Heart J. Published 27 January 2023. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehac798

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