Today the British Cardiovascular Society, together with the Association for Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care, the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society, the British Heart Valve Society and the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery published a guidance document on the structure and function of cardiac multidisciplinary meetings (MDMs).
The purpose of Getting the best from the Heart Team: Guidance for the structure and function of cardiac multidisciplinary meetings is to update the existing joint British Societies recommendations published in 2015 to reflect changes in practice.
The documents aim is to provide guidance on the structure and function of MDMs which should be taking place in every cardiac surgical centre. Out of scope are MDMs that do not require the routine presence of a cardiac surgeon such as electrophysiology MDMs and those which are not provided in every centre, such as complex aortic surgery.
