Lockdown surgery: the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 measures on cardiac cases.
Felix NaegeleClemens EnglerMichael GraberNina RemmelJakob HirschLeo PölzlRosalie HuberVictor SchweigerJuliane KiloNikolaos BonarosAmra TancevskiMichael GrimmCan Gollmann-TepeköylüJohannes HolfeldPublished in: Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery (2022)
By implementing a rational patient selection process, the quality of open-heart procedures was maintained even though patients who underwent surgery during lockdown were sicker and more symptomatic.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- coronavirus disease
- coronary artery bypass
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- heart failure
- quality improvement
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- case report
- atrial fibrillation
- surgical site infection
- left ventricular
- patient reported outcomes
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- patient reported