Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 749-754 , October 2009

Perioperative asymptomatic cardiac damage after endovascular abdominal aneurysm repair is associated with poor long-term outcome

Parts of this article were presented at the Vascular Annual Meeting 2009, Denver, Colo, June 11-13, 2009.

  • Tamara A. Winkel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Olaf Schouten, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Jan-Peter van Kuijk, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Hence J.M. Verhagen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Jeroen J. Bax, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Don Poldermans, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Prof. Dr. Don Poldermans, Department of Vascular Surgery, Room H 805, Erasmus MC, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Received 12 March 2009 ,Accepted 30 April 2009.

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    Long-term survival of patients without perioperative troponin release is compared with patients with asymptomatic troponin release.

    Long-term survival of patients without perioperative troponin release is compared with patients with asymptomatic troponin release.

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    Long-term survival is shown of patients with an estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 mL/min/1.73 m2 with and without asymptomatic perioperative troponin release.

    Long-term survival is shown of patients with an estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 mL/min/1.73 m2 with and without asymptomatic perioperative troponin release.

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    Long-term survival is shown in statin users and nonusers after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

    Long-term survival is shown in statin users and nonusers after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

 This work was supported by unrestricted research grants from ZonMw, the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (#92003340) to Dr Schouten, and Lijf & Leven Foundation, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to Dr Winkel.

 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(09)01012-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.04.069

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 749-754 , October 2009

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