The clinical significance of perioperative myocardial infarction (MI) after coronary artery bypass surgery is not known. Therefore, strategies for the risk stratification of these patients do not exist. This study was undertaken to define the effect of perioperative MI on prognosis after discharge from the hospital and to develop an approach to the risk stratification of these patients. Fifty-n...

The perioperative care process is a unique and challenging environment. Perioperative clinicians are increasingly focused on how to improve patient safety. Proven software design approaches and standards are available. If they are focused on the challenges in the perioperative environment, they can be an important catalyst to transform surgical care. Opportunities abound for informatics-based i...

The clinical significance of perioperative myocardial infarction (MI) after coronary artery bypass surgery is not known. Therefore, strategies for the risk stratification of these patients do not exist. This study was undertaken to define the effect of perioperative MI on prognosis after discharge from the hospital and to develop an approach to the risk stratification of these patients. Fifty-n...