Select yes only if you have been on steroids (i.e. prednisolone) or inhalers (puffers or nebs such as salbutamol) for a long time

If you have disease in the arteries not in your heart you would have one or more of the following -

Narrowing of your leg arteries causing pains in your leg when you walk (claudication) even if you have had an operation for this

Narrowing of your carotid arteries causing strokes or ministrokes, even if you have had an operation for this

A previous or planned operation on your aorta or AAA or aneurysm in your belly

Only tick yes if you have had a stroke or other neurological disease which affects the way you walk or your day-to-day functioning

If you are on any form of kidney dialysis tick yes. If your doctor has told you have kidney failure (you can ask your doctor what your creatinine is) and have a creatinine over 200 tick yes. If you are not sure tick don't know

Only tick yes if your doctor has told you that you have endocarditis (or SBE or infection of the heart valves) AND are you still on antibiotics

For most people this will be NO. If you are the patient, and you are using this computer, your situation is not critical. If you are working this out for someone else they are only critical in one of these situations...

The patient is on a ventilator (breathing machine) BEFORE going into the anaesthetic room or

The patient's heart stopped BEFORE the operation. or

The patient's heart is being support by a machine (a balloon pump)

Unstable angina means you might be getting chest pains (angina pains) much more frequently or at rest. Only tick yes if...

You are in hospital for this and

You are being treated with a drip (a nitrate drip) right up until you go into the anaesthetic room.

You may have had tests (i.e. an angiogram or an echo) to tell your doctor how strong your heart is pumping (left ventricular function). If you do not know the result of these select don't know. You doctor will be happy to discuss the result of your tests with you. If you know the result of your test put in here.

Pulmonary hypertension is high blood pressure in the lungs. It is not the same as high blood pressure. Your doctor should be able to tell you if you have this condition (a blood pressure of more than 60mm in the lungs is high). This is a rare condition, and for the vast majority of people the answer will be no

It does not matter how many bypass grafts you are having. Only tick yes if you are having a different (for example a valve replacement) or an additional procedure (for example bypass grafts plus a valve replacemment).

The aorta is the main artery in your chest.

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