Mortality of myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery patients with and without cardiologist evaluation
| No cardiologist evaluation | Cardiologist evaluation | Unadjusted HR (95% CI) | P value | Adjusted HR (95% CI) | P value | |
| Entire population | n=3513 | n=2120 | ||||
| 30-day mortality | 292 (8.3) | 123 (5.8) | 0.68 (0.55 to 0.84) | <0.001 | 0.64 (0.51 to 0.80) | <0.001 |
| Cardiovascular death | 70 (2.0) | 33 (1.6) | 0.77 (0.51 to 1.16) | 0.21 | 0.62 (0.40 to 0.96) | 0.03 |
| Propensity-score matched population | n=1918 | n=1918 | ||||
| 30-day mortality | 164 (8.6) | 107 (5.6) | 0.64 (0.50 to 0.81) | <0.001 | ||
| Cardiovascular death | 42 (2.2) | 25 (1.3) | 0.58 (0.35 to 0.95) | 0.03 |
Data are presented as n (%).
Multivariable analysis included peak cardiac troponin level, age, sex, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, coronary artery disease, heart failure, peripheral arterial occlusive disease, arrhythmia, general anaesthesia, emergency operation and cardiac symptom.