Himani V Bhatt, Ashley Virginia Fritz, Jared W Feinman, Sudhakar Subramani, Anita K Malhotra, Matthew M Townsley, Menachem M Weiner, Archit Sharma, Miguel T Teixeira, Jennifer Lee, Regina E Linganna, Nathan H Waldron, Anna Bovill Shapiro, John Mckeon, Satoshi Hanada, Harish Ramakrishna, Archer Kilbourne Martin
This special article is the 16th in an annual series for the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. The authors thank the editor-in-chief, Dr. Kaplan, and the editorial board for the opportunity to continue this series, namely the research highlights of the past year in the specialty of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesiology. The major themes selected for 2023 are outlined in this introduction, and each highlight is reviewed in detail in the main article. The literature highlights in the specialty for 2023 begin with an update on perioperative rehabilitation in cardiothoracic surgery, with a focus on novel methods to best assess patients in the preoperative and postoperative periods, and the impact of rehabilitation on outcomes...
January 2024: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia