Coronavirus disease 2019 convalescent children: outcomes after congenital heart surgery.

Shreedhar S JoshiManaswini KeshavaKeshava S MurthyGanesh SambandamoorthyRiyan ShettyBalasubramanian ShanmugasundaramSudesh PrabhuRajesh HegdeVijay S Richard

Published in: Cardiology in the young (2021)

Convalescent coronavirus disease 2019 does not have any unfavourable outcomes as compared to coronavirus disease 2019 control children. Positive immunoglobulin G antibody screening prior to surgery is suggestive of convalescence and supports comparable outcomes on par with control peers.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
young adults
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
surgical site infection
type diabetes
coronary artery disease
acute coronary syndrome