Thomas S Metkus, Carlos L Alviar, Vivian M Baird-Zars, Gregory W Barsness, David D Berg, Erin A Bohula, James A Burke, Christopher B Fordyce, Jianping Guo, Jason N Katz, Ellen C Keeley, Venu Menon, P Elliott Miller, Connor G O'Brien, Shashank S Sinha, Derek So, Bradley W Ternus, Sagar Vadhar, Sean van Diepen, David A Morrow
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the prevalence and post-surgical outcomes associated with cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) therapeutics among CICU patients referred for cardiac surgery. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristics and outcomes of CICU patients referred for cardiac surgery from the intensive care unit. METHODS: We analyzed characteristics and outcomes of CICU admissions referred from the CICU for cardiac surgery during 2017 to 2020 across 29 centers...
March 2023: JACC Adv