Anesth Analg 2008 107: 1122-1129.
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IMPLICATIONS: In patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, an increase in preoperative pulse pressure (PP) of as little as 10 mm Hg (above a threshold of 40 mm Hg) was associated with fatal and nonfatal postoperative major vascular complications. Whether such preoperative risk is modifiable is unknown but, given its magnitude, current approaches to evaluate, treat, and counsel patients with widened PP undergoing elective CABG surgery need to be reconsidered.