Cardiac Intensivism

The manner in which each problem is weighed and handled requires the requisite knowledge depth of a cardiologist who can carefully place cardiac pathology in the context of multiple ongoing critical illnesses. [...]it is not surprising that this model has been deemed optimal for large tertiary care centers in a recent American Heart Association scientific statement (7). [...]the medical ICU offers various benefits to FITs, including the opportunity to learn endotracheal intubation and bronchoscopy as well as to perform as a junior attending alongside the attending physician of record in select cases.