Erin A Bohula, Jason N Katz, Sean van Diepen, Carlos L Alviar, Vivian M Baird-Zars, Jeong-Gun Park, Christopher F Barnett, Gurjaspreet Bhattal, Gregory W Barsness, James A Burke, Paul C Cremer, Jennifer Cruz, Lori B Daniels, Andrew DeFilippis, Christopher B Granger, Steven Hollenberg, James M Horowitz, Norma Keller, Michael C Kontos, Patrick R Lawler, Venu Menon, Thomas S Metkus, Jason Ng, Ryan Orgel, Christopher B Overgaard, Nicholas Phreaner, Robert O Roswell, Steven P Schulman, R Jeffrey Snell, Michael A Solomon, Bradley Ternus, Wayne Tymchak, Fnu Vikram, David A Morrow
Importance: Single-center and claims-based studies have described substantial changes in the landscape of care in the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU). Professional societies have recommended research to guide evidence-based CICU redesigns. Objective: To characterize patients admitted to contemporary, advanced CICUs. Design, Setting, and Participants: This study established the Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network (CCCTN), an investigator-initiated multicenter network of 16 advanced, tertiary CICUs in the United States and Canada...
September 1, 2019: JAMA Cardiology