[Cardiological counseling and perioperative management of heart disease patients. Protocol of the University of Trieste - Year 2019]

The management of patients with heart disease or suspected heart disease, who are hospitalized and/or who should undergo surgery or an invasive procedure, is very complex for the comorbidities often present, the multiple therapies taken and the frequent presence of advanced cardiac devices.The purpose of this document is to provide indications and standardize the behavior of different clinicians in the management of heart disease patients or those with suspected heart disease in order (i) to manage acute cardiac conditions with appropriate timing and accuracy, and (ii) to define the cardiovascular risk in the individual patient with appropriate timing and indications, allowing patients to face any surgery or invasive procedure with the lowest risk correlated to his heart disease.