The SBCCV/SBCEC Standards and Guidelines for Perfusion Practice: A Landmark for Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Brazil

EDITORIAL The SBCCV/SBCEC Standards and Guidelines for Perfusion Practice: A Landmark for Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Brazil Gabriel Romero Liguori1 , MD http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8089-1477 1Laboratório de Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Fisiopatologia da Circulação (LIM-11), Instituto do Coração (InCor), Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Since Gibbon successfully performed, in 1953, the first cardiac surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), the technology became one of the most important pillars of cardiac surgery. The document focuses on the empowerment of perfusion as a profession with a focus on professional qualification and education standards, the standardization of perfusion practices, the establishment of mandatory safety devices, and the importance of non-technical skills and patient-centered teamwork. [...]the document, although published in the English language, is accompanied by an annex containing the Portuguese version.