This Section strives to optimize the care of critically ill cardiac patients – many of whom are treated within the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) – by promoting education, training, clinical care excellence, policy development and research within the maturing field of critical care cardiology.
The Section seeks to create new and strengthen existing collaborations across cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular specialties by serving as the professional home for all practitioners involved in CICU/ICU care, including physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, dieticians, and other cardiovascular team members.
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Message From Chair
Greetings and welcome to the Critical Care Cardiology Member Section Webpage!
The legacy Coronary Care Unit has evolved from predominantly patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) to the contemporary Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) which includes a more heterogeneous group of patients with diverse cardiac and noncardiac critical illnesses. At the same time, the number and complexity of available therapies have increased across the spectrum of CICU illnesses along with the prevalence of critical noncardiac diagnoses, further augmenting the diversity and complexity of the contemporary CICU.
The increasing complexity of care seen within the modern CICU has created an increasing need for critical care providers with expertise in cardiology in the health care environment. The ACC Critical Care Cardiology Member Section provides a platform for critical care cardiology engagement; a central forum in which to discuss the unique overlap of cardiovascular medicine and critical care medicine.
Through collaborative efforts, this Section will help to develop and enhance training programs for critical care cardiologists, as well as create educational resources to support continuing education and the dissemination of novel scientific developments to all practitioners within the field. Our aim is to serve as the primary home for the growing number of medical professionals interested in CICU level care, as well as all aspects of acute cardiac care.
Additionally, the Section will be an impactful resource to and provide mentorship for fellows in training and early career cardiologists interested in careers in critical care cardiology or whose area of clinical or academic interest includes the care of patients treated within the CICU.
I hope that you will join us as we build this new forum for specialty dialogue, educational innovation, scientific development and dissemination as well as multi-societal collaboration.
Thank you!
Robert O. Roswell, MD, FACC
Michael A. Solomon, MD, MBA, FACC
April 16, 2024
Join us Monday, April 22 at 8 a.m. ET for a case-based webinar focusing on managing cardiogenic shock. The webinar is hosted by ACC's Critical Care Cardiology Council and the Indonesian Heart Association, and will cover topics including the pathophysiology of cardiogenic shock management, the role of mechanical support, insight into real-world cases and more. Learn more.
March 26, 2024
The ACC and the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association delivered a webinar earlier this year that highlights the challenges and opportunities for women in critical care cardiology (CCC). This article provides insight on topics covered in the webinar from two of its co-hosts; Hannah Schaubroeck, MD, and Rosy Thachil, MD, FACC. Read the full article. Watch the on-demand version of the webinar here.
February 27, 2024
According to a study recently published in JACC: Advances, there is significant heterogeneity in current standardized critical care cardiology (CCC) training paradigms for meeting training and board certifications...
April 16, 2024
Join us Monday, April 22 at 8 a.m. ET for a case-based webinar focusing on managing cardiogenic shock. The webinar is hosted by ACC's Critical Care Cardiology Council and the Indonesian Heart Association, and will cover topics including the pathophysiology of cardiogenic shock management, the role of mechanical support, insight into real-world cases and more. Learn more.
March 26, 2024
The ACC and the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association delivered a webinar earlier this year that highlights the challenges and opportunities for women in critical care cardiology (CCC). This article provides insight on topics covered in the webinar from two of its co-hosts; Hannah Schaubroeck, MD, and Rosy Thachil, MD, FACC. Read the full article. Watch the on-demand version of the webinar here.
February 27, 2024
According to a study recently published in JACC: Advances, there is significant heterogeneity in current standardized critical care cardiology (CCC) training paradigms for meeting training and board certifications...
December 18, 2023
In a recent article published Dec. 4 in JACC, Carolina D. Tennyson, DNP, ACNP, AACC, et al., look at the education and certifications that could enable APPs to better care for patients within the CICU, subspecialty training and specialization, and the different ways that APPs can be integrated into the interprofessional cardiac critical care team to improve outcomes.
November 14, 2023
U.S. News & World Report recently released the 2024 edition of the "Best Hospitals" guidebook, featuring more than 2,000 hospitals, health systems and facilities participating in NCDR and ACC Accreditation Services.
November 3, 2023
In this episode of Practice Made Perfect, Rosy Thachil, MD, FACC, and Shashank S. Sinha, MD, FACC, continue their series, "Conversations with Critical Care Cardiologists" sponsored by ACC’s Critical Care Cardiology (CCC) Section.
October 20, 2023
Listen to Young Investigators "pitch" their Interventional Cardiology research ideas to a distinguished panel of judges and learn what tools are necessary to conduct successful research.
May 30, 2023
NCDR and ACC Accreditation Services offer multiple quality improvement tools aimed at assessing and enhancing the care of chest pain patients in facilities across the globe.
April 25, 2023
Be the Judge. Join us live on May 24 at 7 p.m. ET as we listen to Young Investigators pitch their research ideas in Critical Care Cardiology to our distinguished panel of Judges – Drs. Carlos Alviar, Erin Bohula, and Jacob Jentzer.
April 20, 2023
The ACC is seeking a qualified candidate to serve as Writing Committee Chair for a new multi-societal advanced training statement on critical care cardiology. The estimated duration of the commitment is up to 2 years from planning through publication and document promotion.
April 11, 2023
The ACC is seeking a qualified candidate to serve as Writing Committee Chair for a new multi-societal advanced training statement on critical care cardiology.
April 11, 2023
In an article recently published in JACC, Anthony P. Carnicelli, MD, FACC, et al., note the need for cardiologists focused on critical care, the skills required to be a contemporary critical care cardiology specialist and example curriculum that could provide a new pathway for trainees to obtain the necessary skills to work in this rapidly growing subspeciality.
April 3, 2023
The ACC is seeking a qualified candidate to serve as Writing Committee Chair for a new multi-societal advanced training statement on critical care cardiology.
October 24, 2022
A new JACC Patient Care Pathways case provides an inside look at the pathway of a 37-year-old female who, while in labor, develops dyspnea, hypoxemia, and tachycardia, followed by an acute pulmonary embolism.
April 14, 2022
The first issue of JACC: Advances published on April 1. Led by editor-in-chief, Candice Silversides, MD, the online, open-access journal covers the evolving aspects of cardiology, including emerging cardiovascular fields, diagnostics and treatments.
February 15, 2022
"As a future advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology physician, I aspire to care for HF patients across their entire spectrum of disease. As such, I want to develop the tools necessary to care for HF patients, especially during their greatest period of risk and illness," writes Vanessa Blumer, MD.
February 15, 2022
"The contemporary cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) has evolved, as has the technology, knowledge base and skill set to care for CICU patients over the past three decades," write Michael A. Solomon, MD, MBA, FACC, and Robert O. Rosewell, MD, FACC.
Intensive Provides Insights Into Evolving Field of Critical Care Cardiology
With the continued evolution of contemporary cardiac intensive care unit (CICU), as well as improvements in technology, knowledge base, and skill sets necessary to care for CICU patients, this year's ACC.23/WCC intensive chaired by Robert Roswell, MD, FACC, and David Michael Dudzinski, MD, FACC, addressed critical care cardiology, with a specific focus on cardiogenic shock (Part I) and global approaches to cardiac arrest care (Part II).
ACC Critical Care Cardiology Clinical Section Webinar: Women in Critical Care Cardiology
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