Clinical cardiology
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Clinical cardiology · Feb 2006
Noncardiac surgery and the risk of death and other cardiovascular events in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
There is a paucity of reports evaluating the perioperative risk of noncardiac surgery in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). ⋯ The presence of HCM significantly increases the risk of death and MI associated with noncardiac surgery. Patients with HCM undergoing elective procedures may require more careful preoperative assessment and perioperative monitoring. The impact of the severity of HCM on outcomes of noncardiac surgery needs further study.