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Anaesthesia for patients with cardiac disease undergoing non-cardiac surgery
Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine, 09/10/09

Bill KM – One of the biggest challenges for anaesthetists today is the safe conduct of anaesthesia for patients who might be elderly, have pre–existing cardiac disease and are scheduled to undergo non–cardiac surgery. Current thinking in preoperative therapy, intraoperative management and postoperative management is discussed. Although most patients with cardiac disease have ischaemic heart disease, other specific cardiac conditions and the principles of their management are discussed briefly.