A 67-year-old man presents for consultation after a screening colonoscopy reveals a 3-cm sigmoid colon adenocarcinoma. The patient is not currently taking any medication and has a creatinine of 1.8 mg/dL (159.1 μmol/L). Which comorbidity in this patient would be an independent predictor of major perioperative cardiac complications?
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