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Outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure undergoing non‐cardiac surgery: a secondary analysis of the METREPAIR international cohort study*

Anna Kirkopoulos, René M'Pembele, Sebastian Roth, Alexandra Stroda, Jan Larmann, Hans-Joerg Gillmann, Katarzyna Kotfis, Michael T. Ganter et al.

Anaesthesia, 2025

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Abstract

Heart failure is a frequent comorbidity in patients undergoing non‐cardiac surgery and an acknowledged risk factor for postoperative mortality. The associations between stable chronic heart failure and postoperative outcomes have not been explored extensively. The aim of this study was to determine associations between stable chronic heart failure and its peri‐operative management and postoperative outcomes after major non‐cardiac surgery.

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