Cardiac Surgery

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Click here to see a map of the cardiothoracic surgery units in the UK: 

Useful links for :

Royal College of Surgeons of England. http://rcseng.ac.uk

Cardiothoracic surgery
Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland. https://scts.org
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. https://www.sts.org
European Society of Thoracic Surgeons. http://www.ests.org
American Association for Thoracic Surgery. https://www.aats.org/
British Thoracic Society. https://brit-thoracic.org.uk
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Cardiovascular Rehabilitation https://www.acpicr.com

Documents and resources

Cardiac surgery

Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Cardiac Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Society Recommendations. Engleman, D., Ali, W., Williams, J., et al. JAMA Surg. 2019;154(8):755-766. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.1153

NHS England Service Specification for Cardiac Surgery – Adults. https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/01/a10-spec-adlt-cardiac-surgry.pdf

NHS Improvement Heart: A guide to commissioning cardiac surgical services. 2019. https://scts.org/_userfiles/resources/634586925235172296_Cardiac_Surgery_Commissioning_Guide.pdf
Early Activity After Cardiac Surgery. ACPICR. 2016. https://www.acpicr.com/data/Page_Downloads/EarlyActivityAfterCardiacSurgery2016-Booklet-A4_0.pdf

Sternal wound precautions meeting 9.6.21

This meeting was held virtually. Below are links to the presentation slides, minutes of the meeting and the recording. A reference list with links can be download below.

• Doa El-Ansary presentation
• St George's presentation
• Survey monkey results
• Minutes of the meeting
• Recording of the meeting

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  Cochrane Reviews: 

  Cardiac Surgery

  Mechanical heart pumps to aid a heart that fails suddenly

  Interventions to help people return to work after a heart attack, bypass or stent 

  Psychological treatments to reduce pain in people undergoing open heart surgery

  Education for people with coronary heart disease

  Fast-track interventions of low-dose opioid-based general anaesthesia and early tracheal extubation in adults undergoing cardiac surgery

  Atrial fibrillation surgery for patients undergoing heart surgery

  The effects of giving adult patients a high inspiratory oxygen fraction around the time of surgery

  Preoperative physical therapy for elective cardiac surgery patients

  The use of incentive spirometry for preventing pulmonary complications in adults people undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery

  Preoperative inspiratory muscle training for postoperative pulmonary complications in adults undergoing cardiac and major abdominal surgery 

   

  Cardiac Rehab

  Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for adult patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator

  Promoting patient uptake and adherence in cardiac rehabilitation

  Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for heart failure

  Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for patients following a heart transplantation

  Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for patients with atrial fibrillation 

  Exercise-based rehabilitation for coronary heart disease

  Internet-based programmes for people with heart disease

  Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for people with implantable ventricular assist devices

  Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for adults after heart valve surgery

  Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for people with stable angina

   

  Heart failure

  Positive airway pressure for heart failure associated with central sleep apnoea

  Participation in rehabilitation programmes that include regular exercise, can improve the quality of life for people with heart disease