Fellowship Training in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia

Duration

Content

• Acquire a good grounding of physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology as related to the heart / thorax and principles for cardiothoracic anaesthesia.
  
• Participate in assessment, perioperative and post-operative management of patients requiring cardiothoracic surgery. 
• Anaesthesia management of patients for:
• Coronary artery bypass surgery, valvular repair/replacement, repair / replacement of aortic aneurysm/dissection, robotic-assisted minimally invasive cardiac surgery, implantation and explantation of ventricular assist device / extra-corporeal membrane oxygenator circuit, heart transplant, correction of grown-up congenital heart disease.
• Thoracic surgical procedures such as mediastinoscopy, lobectomy, pneumonectomy, extrapleural resection of thoracic wall tumor, thymectomy; video-assisted thoracic surgery; robotic-assisted minimally invasive thoracic surgery; lung transplant; insertion and explantation of extra-corporeal membrane oxygenator.
• Procedures performed in the cardiovascular radiologic suite, such as electrophysiologic studies, insertion of automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator and device closure of atrial septal defect.
• Observe and perform intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography and other monitoring techniques.
• Conduct one research project (optional)
  

Admission Criteria

Hands-On Training