Comprehensive Review of Cardiac Surgery is an online video CME program that takes a thorough look at this uniquely skilled, highly complex field. Authoritative and clinically skilled international speakers provide leading-edge lectures on surgical treatment of the heart and structures of the thoracic aorta while covering a broad spectrum of surgical interventions and procedures.
Cardiac surgeons, cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiologists, and cardiac anesthesiologists will gain an effective interpersonal management approach while discovering innovative procedures through evidence-based continuing medical education presentations on open, off-pump, minimally invasive, and robotic-assisted heart surgery.
* Date of Original Release: May 31, 2025
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
List the considerations necessary for a thorough preoperative evaluation
Explain the key differences between myocardial revascularization with cardiopulmonary bypass and myocardial revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass
Describe the basics of surgical management of aortic valve endocarditis
Discuss the benefits of minimally invasive aortic valve surgery
Recognize the implications of and reasons for re-operative valve surgery
Explain the complexities of trauma to the great vessels
Assess the efficacy of surgery for adult congenital heart disease
Identify the best possible candidates for heart-lung transplantation