Studying Heart Disease Risk and Healthy Habits Around Major Non-Heart Surgery in Adults Aged 45 to 75

What this Trial Is About

This research aims to understand whether healthy lifestyle choices made around the time of major non-cardiac surgery can affect a persons long-term risk of developing cardiovascular disease. The study focuses on patients aged 45 to 75 years undergoing intermediate- to high-risk surgeries, including intra-thoracic, intra-abdominal, vascular, neurosurgery, and spine procedures. Researchers want to learn if surgery motivates patients to improve habits like diet and exercise and how these changes might influence cardiovascular risk over time. Participants will be observed during two main periods one month before surgery and three months after surgery. Healthy lifestyle behaviors such as diet improvement and beginning exercise around the surgery time are monitored to see their impact on cardiovascular risk. The study does not involve experimental treatments but follows patients to assess natural changes in behavior and heart health risk. During the study, participants will undergo assessments to calculate their 10-year cardiovascular disease event risk before surgery and again three months after surgery. Researchers will also track any cardiovascular or non-cardiovascular events occurring within 30 days post-surgery. Participants are expected to have a hospital stay of at least two days. The study helps understand lifestyle changes and their effects on heart disease risk in surgical patients over time.

Long Term Cardiovascular Disease Event Risk for Patients Undergoing Major Non-Cardiac Surgery