Outcome of adult cardiac surgery following COVID-19 infection in unvaccinated population in a national tertiary centre.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ever since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, the world medical landscape has changed dramatically. As cardiac surgeons we not only have the duty to protect our patients and staff from COVID-19 infection, but we are also tasked with the responsibility to ensure those cardiovascular patients awaiting surgery are not harmed from an extended delay in surgery as the world comes to a halt from COVID-19. Currently there is limited literature on the outcome of cardiac surgery in the pre-operative Covid positive group. In this study we aim to assess the safety and outcome of patients undergoing cardiac surgery following Covid-19 infection.

Patients and methods

This was a single centre retrospective observational study. All patients undergoing open heart surgery at Institut

SUBMITTER: Ismail NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9000966 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature