Kardiovaskuläres Management von Patienten bei nichtkardialen Operationen

The risk assessment of patients with cardiovascular diseases before noncardiac surgery (NCS) is particularly relevant in cardiology because of the frequency and the involvement of different disciplines. The risk is determined by the operation itself and the disease or risk profile, including the patient’s age. Specialist preoperative consultation can therefore remain limited if the surgery-related risk is low. The subjective symptoms (exercise tolerance) and also the determination of the cardiac biomarkers N‑terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and troponin are particularly relevant for assessing the indications for an instrumental or specialist examination. Cardiovascular drug treatment should predominantly be continued perioperatively but not initiated just for the operation. There are practical guidelines for pausing oral anticoagulation, whereby a general heparin bridging is no longer recommended.