The most common cause of morbidity and moality in patients undergoing major vascular surgery is:
Correct Answer: Cardiac complications
Description: D i.e. Cardiac Complication Myocardial peiformanceQ is the single most impoant determinant outcome following a major vascular operation. Non fatal and fatal MIsQ are the most impoant & specific outcomes that determine per operative cardiac morbidity in a patient undergoing vascular surgery. The dominant risk factor for perioperative morbidity & moatity in patients scheduled for abdominal aoic aneurysmectomy is found to be - cardiac (47%) > pulmonary (31%)Q > age older than 85 years (17%) > Renal failure (2%) > Retroperitoneal fibrosis (2%) > Cirhosis with ascites (1%)
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