Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Brazil: A nationwide perspective.
Kalil Hussein KhalilMichel Pompeu Barros Oliveira SáDominique VervoortLeonardo RoeverMarcos Alfredo de Andrade PiresJaqueline Maria de Oliveira LimaFelipe Borsu de SallesGiovana Munhoz KhalilPedro Felipe Gomes NiczOmar Asdrúbal Vilca MejíaArnaldo Akio OkinoRicardo de Carvalho LimaPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic remains a global challenge for Brazil's health care system. During the year of 2020 there was a reduction in access to CABG related to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. There was also an increase in the national CABG death rate.