The primary training goal of the Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology (ACTA) fellowship program is to prepare our graduates to be excellent clinicians, ready to enter and excel in any practice on ...

Hospitals that shift away from routine use of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and general anesthesia during TAVR to an “as-needed” mentality stand to gain shorter procedures and hospital stays ...

Morton Kern, MD, of VA Long Beach Healthcare System and University of California, Irvine, often engages his colleagues via email in brief, informal dialogue on clinically relevant topics in ...

A transesophageal echocardiogram may be performed to help diagnose heart or blood vessel diseases or conditions, to guide cardiac catheterization or to prepare a patient for surgery, according to the ...

The Division of Congenital Cardiac Anesthesiology is the sole provider of anesthetic care for the Bruno Pediatric Heart Center within Children’s of Alabama. The division provides anesthetic care for ...

The Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine is based out of the Texas Heart Institute at Baylor College of Medicine, at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston, ...

The choice of anaesthetic technique in cardiac surgery extends beyond mere sedation, playing a pivotal role in myocardial protection. Both total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) and inhalational ...

Anesthesia is used every day, but surprisingly little is known about one of its most dangerous side effects -- depressed heart function. Now, this mystery has been clarified. Anesthesia is used every ...