Cardiac Procedures and Devices

The aforementioned, much-beloved IABP is the most frequently occurring CRQ question from the list below, although cardiac devices (March 2018) and off-pump surgery (March 2017) have also featured.

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• Perioperative care for the patient undergoing cardiac surgery


• Cardiac devices
• Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP)
• Cardiac implantable electronic devices i.e. pacemakers and defibrillators
• Ventricular assist devices (VADs)


• Cardiac procedures (not including cardiopulmonary bypass)
• Off-pump coronary surgery
• ASD closure
• Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)
• Transcatheter mitral valve repair
• Minimally invasive cardiac surgery