Predicting postoperative cardiac complications
using automated endothelial function test
MTV Chan, T Gin
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of
Hong Kong
Key Message
For patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery,
non-invasive assessment of endothelial function
provides additional predictive value, beyond clinical
variables, for preoperative risk stratification of
postoperative myocardial ischaemia and major
cardiac complications.