Impact of technological advances in management of acute cardiovascular conditions

The diagnosis and treatment of acute and emergency conditions including traumatic injuries, infectious emergencies, and cardiovascular emergencies prompt advanced interventions employing multidisciplinary approaches that evolved through decades. Giant advances have been witnessed in cardiac biomarkers, artificial intelligence, ECG, defibrillation, therapeutic hypothermia, extracorporeal resuscitation, capnography, bedside ultrasonography/echocardiography, and drone delivery to alleviate the mortality and morbidity resulting from cardiac emergency conditions in the last decades. For example, the widespread use of drones facilitates the development of health care, especially in underserved areas, by delivering AEDs, blood products, and critical medications to those in emergency need. Likewise, telemedicine and/or telehealth applications such as early telemetry of electrocardiograms are increasingly involved in both monitoring patients' conditions and emergency interventions. Although these important innovations have been achieved in medical technology and public awareness has increased on cardiac diseases, they remain a major threat to general health status. Emergency medicine (EM) is pivotal in the whole healthcare system worldwide. By evaluating these new opportunities within the scope of evidence-based medicine, current sources with high evidence value will be primarily used to enlighten the grey areas. This special issue “Impact of technological advances in management of acute cardiovascular conditions” aims to provide updates on the new advances in diagnosis and treatment methods for cardiac emergencies and resuscitation.

22/01/2025