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Area of Science:

  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Medical Ethics
  • Surgical Care

Background:

  • Cardiovascular medicine and surgery offer advanced treatments for complex diseases, even in elderly and multimorbid patients.
  • Situations arise where surgical intervention is medically inappropriate or declined, necessitating revised therapeutic goals.
  • Existing guidelines for intensive care medicine lack a discipline-specific framework for cardiac surgery.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To define clinical and ethical standards for therapeutic restraint in cardiac surgery.
  • To establish a framework for redefining therapeutic goals in complex cardiovascular cases.
  • To promote a structured, multiprofessional approach to decision-making in cardiac surgery.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a position paper by the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
  • Integration of medical indication and patient autonomy into therapeutic goal setting.
  • Emphasis on collaboration among cardiac surgery, cardiology, intensive care, anesthesiology, ethics, and palliative care teams.

Main Results:

  • Provides recommendations for therapeutic restraint in cardiac surgery.
  • Outlines a framework for redefining therapeutic goals, considering patient quality of life and prolonged intensive care.
  • Establishes a foundation for patient-centered, appropriate, and transparent decision-making.

Conclusions:

  • A multiprofessional approach is crucial for appropriate and transparent decision-making in cardiac surgery.
  • Preserving patient dignity and self-determination should guide all therapeutic decisions.
  • This paper aims to fill the gap in discipline-specific guidelines for cardiac surgery decision-making.