In a study published online by JAMA Cardiology in December 2016, Sripal Bangalore, M.D., M.H.A., of the New York University School of Medicine, New York, and colleagues examined national trends in perioperative cardiovascular outcomes and mortality after major noncardiac surgery. A release from the publishers notes that worldwide, more than 300 million noncardiac surgeries are… Continue reading Rate of Heart Attacks Decreases After Surgery Not Related to the Heart, but Risk of Stroke Increases