By
Davy Cheng
Description
The rapid diffusion and uptake of new technology into the clinical practice of surgery and anesthesia has had an immense impact in recent
years, particularly in cardiac surgery and anesthesia. Anesthesiologists have been instrumental in producing evidence-based medicine
that is valid and clinically relevant. The increased availability, credibility, applicability, and generalizability of clinical research
have resulted in an improvement in the monitoring, diagnostic and management in cardiac anesthesiology. We must understand the novelty
and direction of technology and cardiovascular science leading the cardiac surgery, in order to position cardiac anesthesiology in advancing
the innovative care of these patients. In this issue of Anesthesiology Clinics, Guest Editor Dr. Davy Cheng has brought together a distinguished
panel of clinician-scientists and experts in the field to summarize the current state of the evidence and the future direction in the
topics of genomics, perioperative echocardiography, minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery, transcathether valvular surgery,
endovascular stenting of thoracic aortic aneurysm, transmyocardial laser revascularization, perioperative organs (brain, heart, liver
and kidney) protection and management, as well as postoperative analgesia in cardiac surgery.
Included in series
The Clinics: Surgery
