Publications
on behalf of the POISE (PeriOperative ISchemic Evaluation) Investigators. Characteristics and Short-Term Prognosis of Perioperative Myocardial Infarction in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery: A Cohort Study.
37. Devereaux PJ, Xavier D, Pogue J, Guyatt G, Sigamani A, Garutti I, et al. Background: Each year, millions of patients worldwide have a perioperative myocardial infarction (MI) after noncardiac surgery.
Objective: To examine the characteristics and short-term outcome of perioperative MI.
Design: Cohort study. (ClinicalTrials.gov registration number: NCT00182039)
Setting: 190 centers in 23 countries.
Patients: 8351 patients included in the POISE (PeriOperative ISchemic Evaluation) trial.
