Cardiac Anesthesiologists Increasingly Requested for Noncardiac Cases

Phoenix—Case volume for cardiac anesthesiologists is on the rise, and it’s not limited to just cardiac surgical procedures. Rather, according to a recent retrospective analysis, cardiac anesthesiology care is increasingly requested for cases traditionally covered by general anesthesiologists. Over the course of six months at a single academic institution, the most common reasons for referral for noncardiac procedures were pulmonary hypertension, the presence of adult congenital