Article type :
Review Article
Author :
Dr. Tarun Lall
Volume :
1
Issue :
1
Abstract :
Perioperative myocardial ischaemia and infarction (PMI) is a major cause of short and long term morbidity and mortality is the surgical population. It is estimated that more than one half of postoperative deaths are caused by cardiac events, most of which are ischaemic in origin.