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C Traube

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Risks of noncardiac surgery in the cardiac patient.

Patients with ischemic heart disease undergoing surgery under general anesthesia have a substantially increased associated risk of myocardial infarction and cardiac death. Preoperative risk assessment, anticipation of intraoperative problems, and postoperative management are important in improving prognosis. Elective surgery generally poses a lower risk than emergency surgery.

Anticoagulants

Progression of the milking effect of the coronary artery.

Myocardial bridging and systolic milking may be involved in myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction, and sudden death. We describe a patient whose milking effect progressed significantly over a two-year period. We conclude that bridging and milking effect can progress over a relatively short period. In those patients with prior reports of insignificant bridging and milking on coronary arteriograms and continued angina-like chest pain, a repeated catheterization may be warranted.

Angina Pectoris