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Intraoperative hypotension can result in adverse postoperative outcomes. In a multicenter study that matched noncardiac surgical patients with myocardial infarction (MI) within 30 postoperative days with controls without MI after surgery, systolic blood pressure decreases of 41 to 50 and >50 mmHg from preoperative baseline and lasting for at least five minutes increased the odds for postoperative MI by 3- and 20-fold, respectively [1]. In another multicenter retrospective study, odds for a composite outcome (acute MI, acute ischemic stroke, or mortality) increased...
