Perioperative Myocardial Infarction
Andrius Macas, Giedrė Bakšytė, Laura Šilinskytė, Jūratė Petrauskaitė Abstract Perioperative myocardial infarction (PMI) is defined as myocardial infarction (MI) during perioperative period (24-72 hours after non cardiac surgery). Worldwide, over 200 million adults have major non-cardiac surgery each year, and several million experience a major vascular complication (e.g.: nonfatal myocardial infarction). The prevalence of PMI…