Even mild heart failure increases mortality after day surgery
Surgeons may be surprised by the extra risk to normally safe procedures, author says
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Heart failure with or without symptoms is associated with increased risks of mortality and complications in patients undergoing elective day surgery, a study suggests.
US researchers analysed data from more than 355,000 patients, mostly men, who underwent outpatient elective non-cardiac surgery from 2009 to 2016.