The relationship between pre-operative hypertension and intra-operative haemodynamic changes known to be associated with postoperative morbidity.

Hypertension is not consistently associated with postoperative cardiovascular morbidity and is therefore not considered a major peri-operative risk factor. However, hypertension may predispose to peri-operative haemodynamic changes known to be associated with peri-operative morbidity and mortality, ... View More