Table 1: Patient characteristics and surgical data of 100 patients who received a focused transthoracic echocardiogram in the preoperative clinic

Patient characteristics
Number of patients	100
Age, mean years (SD)	70 (12)
Female (%)	50
Type of surgery
Colorectal (%)	14
General (%)	13
Urology (%)	13
Orthopaedics (%)	13
Gynaecology (%)	12
Vascular (%)	10
Plastic and reconstructive (%)	8
Neurosurgery (%)	7
Major endoscopy	4
Maxillofacial	3
Ear, nose and throat	2
Opthalmology	1