Definition and clinical relevance of emergency cardiac surgery.- Management of acute aortic dissection.- Emergency management of iatrogenic injury of the thoracic aorta.- Emergency surgery for thoracic aortic trauma.- Revascularisation strategy for acute coronary syndrome with unstable symptoms in surgical pattern disease.- Surgical revascularisation for acute ST elevation myocardial infarction unsuitable for percutaneous intervention.- Management of complications during percutaneous coronary interventions.- Surgery for coronary pathologies leading to spontaneous dissection or rupture.
- Emergency aortic valve replacement.- Emergency mitral valve surgery.- Emergency surgery for mechanical complications of myocardial infarction. Emergency surgery for infective endocarditis.- Emergent cardiac surgery post transcatheter aortic valve implantation emergencies.-Emergency cardiac surgery following percutaneous mitral intervention.- Emergency interventions following percutaneous closure of atrial septal defect, patent foramen ovale, and left atrial appendage occlusion.- Emergency cardiac surgery during ablation for atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmias.
- Emergency cardiac surgery for cardiac device lead extraction.- Mechanical circulatory support in perioperative cardiogenic shock.- Donor heart allocation systems for adult recipients incorporating clinical urgency - an international comparison.- Emergency surgery in patients with left ventricular assist devices.- Emergency neonatal and paediatric cardiac surgery.- Emergency adult congenital cardiac surgery.- Emergency cardiac surgery following paediatric and adult congenital percutaneous interventions.- Penetrating Injury to Heart: Pre-hospital and Emergency Department Management.
- Penetrating injuries to the heart: emergency definitive treatment.- Pericardial pathologies requiring emergency surgery.- Emergency cardiac surgery for thromboembolic disease. Emergency cardiac surgery for complex thoracic resections.- Emergency cardiac surgery during pregnancy.- Anaesthetic considerations in emergency cardiac surgery.- Perfusion considerations in emergency cardiac surgery.- Emergency re-exploration for bleeding after cardiac surgery.
- Risk stratification and outcome reporting in emergency cardiac surgery.