title: Breakthroughs beckon new approaches to existing procedures.
abstract: The latest technology supplements cardiac care, sedation monitoring, and infection control.
authors.affiliation: Mid-America Heart Institute, St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Nancy M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Richards
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000639:trends*; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000451:nursing / Q000639:trends*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000639:trends*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000639:trends; D017053:Infection Control / Q000639:trends*; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping / Q000639:trends; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy; D018805:Sepsis / Q000628:therapy