Evolution of Critical Care Cardiology: Transformation of the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit and the Emerging Need for New Medical Staffing and Training Models

Ann GageCardiologist, Centennial Medical Center, Nashville

“In 2012, Dr. Morrow et al. published the landmark AHA Scientific Statement entitled 'Evolution of Critical Care Cardiology: Transformation of the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit and the Emerging Need for New Medical Staffing and Training Models'. Now, nearly 13 years later, Dr. Sinha and colleagues provide an eagerly awaited update to this earlier work.”

“In guiding my own thinking about the particular cardiac critical care areas of expertise and skills needed, I used the seminal paper by David A. Morrow, MD, MPH, FACC, et al., describing new training and staffing models in critical care cardiology.”

“This field has evolved significantly since the 1960s, when coronary care units were first established to manage acute myocardial infarction and ventricular arrhythmias. This represented a sea change at that time.”