A Pilot for the:"Vascular Events In Noncardiac Surgery Patients Cohort Evaluation Study"

Study Objectives

1. determine the feasibility of recruiting patients in a timely manner
2. determine the feasibility of obtaining data regarding in hospital post surgical perioperative cardiovascular events, and cardiovascular events over the subsequent six months, and
3. determine the resource requirements to achieve our recruitment and follow-up goals

Study Design

We will undertake a prospective cohort study of patients undergoing noncardiac surgery at the 'Herlev University Hospital', to evaluate the incidence of and best method to predict major perioperative cardiovascular events.

Sample Size