Impact of severe mitral regurgitation on postoperative outcomes after noncardiac surgery.

Objective: Preoperative cardiac risk assessment scoring systems traditionally do not include valvular regurgitation as a criterion for adverse outcome prediction. We sought to determine the impact of significant mitral regurgitation on postoperative outcomes after planned noncardiac surgeries.

Methods: Patients with significant mitral regurgitation (moderate-severe or severe) undergoing noncardiac surgery were identified using surgical and echocardiographic databases at the Cleveland Clinic.

Impact of aortic stenosis on postoperative outcomes after noncardiac surgeries.

Background: Preoperative management of patients with aortic stenosis (AS) who need noncardiac surgery (NCS) remains controversial. We sought to determine the impact of AS on the postoperative outcomes after NCS.

Methods And Results: Patients undergoing NCS with moderate AS (valve area: 1.