New guidelines from the European Society of Cardiology for perioperative cardiac care: a summary of implications for elective vascular surgery patients.

摘要

Patients undergoing vascular surgery are prone to develop perioperative cardiac events. Therefore, appropriate preoperative cardiac risk assessment and implementation of proper risk reduction strategies are of imminent importance. The recently published new guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology on perioperative cardiac care provide valuable tools for daily clinical practice for the vascular surgeon.1 In this editorial the most important recommendations for elective vascular surgery patients are highlighted (Fig. 1).