Cardiac surgery on patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on global surgery. In particular, deleterious effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the heart and cardiovascular system have been described. To inform surgical patients, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis aiming to characterize outcomes of COVID-19 positive patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

Methods

The study protocol was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42021228533) and conformed with PRISMA 2020 and MOOSE guidelines. PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE and Web of Science were searched between 1 January 2019 to 24 February 2022 for studies reporting outcomes on COVID-19 positive patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Study screening, data extraction and risk of bias assessment were conducted in duplicate. Meta-analys

SUBMITTER: Gupta AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9111466 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature