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