This highlights in our specialty for 2019 begin with the ongoing major developments in transcatheter valve interventions. Thereafter, the advances in left ventricular assist devices are reviewed. The recent focus on conduit selection and robotic options in coronary artery bypass surgery are then explored. Finally, this special articles closes with a discussion of pulmonary hypertension in noncardiac surgery, anesthetic technique in cardiac surgery, as well as postoperative pneumonia and its outcome consequences.
Keywords: coronary artery bypass grafting; left ventricular assist device; pneumonia; pulmonary hypertension; transcatheter valve repair; transcatheter valve replacement; volatile anesthesia.
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