Outcomes of acute type A aortic dissection during the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database.
George J ArnaoutakisTyler J WallenNimesh DesaiTomas D MartinVinod H ThouraniVinay BadhwarZachary K WegermanRebecca YoungMaria Grau-SepulvedaBrittany ZwischenbergerSeyed Hossein Aalaei-AndabiliJeffrey P JacobsIbrahim SultanPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2022)
For patients presenting to the hospital with ATAAD during the first surge of the pandemic, operative outcomes were similar to pre-pandemic despite a 30% reduction in volume. Out-of-hospital mortality from ATAAD during the pandemic remains unknown. Further understanding these findings will inform management of ATAAD during future pandemics.
Keyphrases
- aortic dissection
- sars cov
- coronavirus disease
- end stage renal disease
- adverse drug
- healthcare
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- acute care
- prognostic factors
- risk factors
- cardiovascular events
- emergency department
- cardiovascular disease
- coronary artery disease
- skeletal muscle
- hepatitis b virus
- acute respiratory distress syndrome