Cardiac Surgery: Outcomes, Management and Critical Care

Dear Colleagues,

Cardiac surgery is a necessary treatment option for many cardiovascular diseases and is one of the most common surgeries performed. Most heart surgeries are major. Although often successful, they do entail risks. Such as bleeding, damage to tissues in the heart, kidneys, liver, and lungs, even death, especially for someone who is already very sick before surgery.

The analysis of the outcome in cardiac surgery is fundamental. Moreover, every guideline in cardiology/cardiac surgery highlights the importance of the heart team; in other words, the management of the treatment is as or more important than the treatment itself. Preoperative evaluation, surgical anesthesia, perioperative monitoring, and postoperative management are all essential. A Special Issue in this field can help move the debate forward and inform the choice of the best treatments—especially in fields where the guidelines do not give us a clear indication.

This special issue aims to collect the analysis of the outcomes of various cardiac surgery, preoperative, perioperative and postoperative management, and critical care related articles.

Dr. Giuseppe Nasso
Dr. Giuseppe Santarpino
Guest Editors

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