title: Cardiac surgery: what the future holds?
abstract: Cardiac surgery has been scrutinized and challenged as no other specialty has. That has brought new ideas and structural frameworks but has also brought uncertainty and scepticism.This report identifies the challenges that the specialty is facing, and suggests solutions and strategies for the future.
authors.forename: Haralabos
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Parissis
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002321:Career Choice; D005544:Forecasting; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000639:trends*; D000078329:Workforce