Rakesh Arora

Podcast

The Lifeline: Managing Arrest in Patients With tMCS

April 8, 2026 | Jill LeySilver Contributor…

In this edition of the new CTSNet podcast, The Lifeline, host and nurse educator Jill Ley, Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing, Founder of the Essentials of Cardiac Surgical...

Podcast

The Cardiac Recovery Room: Optimizing the Preoperative Patient

March 18, 2026 | Vicki Morton…

In this episode of The Cardiac Recovery Room, moderator Vicki Morton, Director of Clinical and Quality Outcomes at Providence Anesthesiology Associates in North Carolina, USA, spoke with Drs. Rakesh Arora,...

Podcast

The Cardiac Recovery Room: Cardiac Surgery Myths Busted—Separating Fact From Fiction

November 19, 2025 | Daniel Engelman…

In this inaugural episode of CTSNet’s new podcast, The Cardiac Recovery Room, moderator Dr. Daniel Engelman, Medical Director of the Cardiac Surgical Critical Care & Inpatient Services at Baystate Health,...

Video

Post Operative Complications Following Cardiac Surgery and Their Clinical Impact | ERAS Webinar

May 28, 2024 | Rakesh Arora…

ERAS Cardiac Society conducted a joint webinar with CTSNet on May 23, 2024, bringing about pivotal insights and questions on the topic, “Post Operative Complications Following Cardiac Surgery and Their...

Video

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Cardiac Panel Part II: Intraoperative and Postoperative

June 6, 2019 | Daniel Engelman…

Filmed at the 2019 STS Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, Daniel Engelman of Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, moderates a discussion on enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)...

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Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery Part I: Background and Preoperative Recommendations

May 23, 2019 | Daniel Engelman…

Filmed at the 2019 STS Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, Daniel Engelman of Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, moderates a discussion on enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)...

JANS Article

The Impact of Frailty on Functional Survival in Patients 1 Year After Cardiac Surgery

September 26, 2017 | Rakesh Arora

While it is being increasingly understood that frailty in the older adult patient undergoing cardiac surgery is associated with an increased rate of postoperative mortality, it is still unclear if...

JANS Article

Incorporating Dynamic Assessment of Fluid Responsiveness Into Goal-Directed Therapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

September 26, 2017 | Rakesh Arora

Within the field of Enhanced Recovery after Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery (ERATS and ERACS, respectively), appropriate fluid administration that avoids the detrimental effects of tissue edema on organ function and...

JANS Article

Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support in Cardiac Critical Care: A State of the Art Review and Algorithm for Device Selection

January 31, 2017 | Rakesh Arora

The authors of this review article offer an approach to the utilization of a contempory mechanical circulatory support devices. They further provide insights of the key role that well-functioning interdisciplinary...

JANS Article

Extracardiac Signs of Fluid Overload in the Critically Ill Cardiac Patient: A Focused Evaluation Using Bedside Ultrasound

January 31, 2017 | Rakesh Arora

Appropriate perioperative fluid management is of increasing interest for the team caring for the critically ill cardiac patient as fluid overload has been shown to have negative effects on organ...

JANS Article

Detection, Prevention, and Management of Delirium in the Critically Ill Cardiac Patient and Patients Who Undergo Cardiac Procedures

January 31, 2017 | Rakesh Arora

In this is review article the authors have proposed a “3-strike” model of risk that increases the likelihood of experiencing postoperative delirium in older adults undergoing cardiac surgery. The 3...

JANS Article

Mechanical circulatory assist devices: a primer for critical care and emergency physicians

July 5, 2016 | Rakesh Arora

With the rapid expansion of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) in various contexts (CVICU, in-hospital cardiac arrest (E-CPR) and the ED), the authors have provided a very nice overview of the...

JANS Article

Acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery: current understanding and future directions

July 5, 2016 | Rakesh Arora

Acute kidney injury (AKI) complicates recovery from cardiac surgery in up to 30% of patients, injures and impairs the function of the brain, lungs, and gut, and places patients at...

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