The recent evolution of coronary care units into intensive cardiac care units: the experience of a tertiary center in Florence

Abstract

Our ICCU is a post-reperfusion unit for treating complications of therapy and older and more complex patients who require more intensive care. This is why the cardiac intensivists also need to be skilled in general intensive care. In the Integrated Cardiac Network (Hub-and-Spoke model), ICCUs play a crucial role in the management of all cardiac emergencies, and in maintaining a continuous and strict interplay with Spokes, they have a prominent and unique role in the selection and early treatment of acute cardiac patients and their follow-up.