• Juan Riva, Jimena Calviño, Juan Pablo Bouchacourt, Leticia Turconi, Fiorella Cavalleri, Nigro Neto Caetano, Luis Enriquez, Bruno Tonelotto, Guillermo Lema, and Pablo Motta.
• Departamento de Anestesiología Hospital de Clínicas Dr. Manuel Quintela, Montevideo, Uruguay.
• J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. 2024 Feb 1; 38 (2): 371378371-378.

ObjectivesTo evaluate demographics, workload, training, facilities, and equipment in cardiovascular anesthesia (CVA) in Latin America (LA).DesignA descriptive cross-sectional study with data collected through a survey.SettingA multicenter, international web-based questionnaire that included 37 multiple-choice questions.ParticipantsPhysicians and specialists in anesthesiology who regularly participated in cardiovascular surgeries and were members of the scientific societies of the Latin American Confederation of Anesthesiology.InterventionsNone MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: A total of 484 completed questionnaires were collected. A total of 97.8% of the respondents had a university degree in anesthesiology. Most did not receive formal training in CVA, and only 41.5% received formal training. Moreover, most of them were trained in their own country, and a smaller percentage were trained abroad. Half of the respondents reported receiving <12 months of training. A third part of the respondents had received training in transesophageal echocardiography. Only 5.8% of the respondents worked exclusively in CVA, and a high percentage dedicated <60% of their weekly work hours to this subspecialty. A total of 80.6% of the centers had <3 cardiac surgery operating rooms. Only one-third of the centers performed heart/lung transplantation, venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and ventricular assist device implantation.ConclusionsA significant lack of training programs in anesthesiology practice and complex procedures in medical centers in LA are evident. Thus, basic accredited programs should be developed in medical centers in LA.Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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