Preoperative cardiac abnormalities associated with one-year mortality in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery: role of focused transthoracic echocardiography

Cardiac abnormalities derived from preoperative TTE, namely LVEF<50%, AS, left ventricular dilatation and elevated PASP had prognostic value for elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery. We consider that these indices would be clinically important regarding the preoperative cardiac risk assessment of elderly hip fracture, which may be assessed in the focused TTE.