Table IV.
Perioperative outcomes
| Variable | Overall (N = 380) |
No workup (n = 28) |
ECG only (n = 127) |
TTE (n = 208) |
Stress test (n = 12) |
Coronary angiography (n = 5) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postoperative cardiac eventa | 9 (2.4) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.8) | 8 (3.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | .449 |
| Postoperative MI | 9 (2.4) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.8) | 8 (3.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | .449 |
| Thirty-day/in-hospital death | 21 (5.5) | 0 (0) | 9 (7.1) | 12 (5.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | .668 |
| Thirty-day/in-hospital cardiac death | 3 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.8) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | .999 |
ECG, Electrocardiography; MI, myocardial infarction; TTE, transthoracic echocardiography.
Values are expressed as number (%).
a
Defined as MI or cardiac arrest.