A multicentre roadmap to restart elective cardiac surgery after COVID-19 peak in an Italian epicenter.
Fabrizio RosatiClaudio MunerettoMassimo BaudoGiuseppe D'AnconaSamuele BichiMaurizio MerloBesart CukoPiersilvio GeromettaValentina GrazioliLaura GirolettiLorenzo Di BaccoAlberto RepossiniStefano BenussiPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2021)
Our structured roadmap supports the safe restarting of an elective cardiac surgery list after a peak of a still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in an epicenter area. Mild to moderate CT residuals of coronavirus pneumonia do not justify elective cardiac surgery procrastination.
Keyphrases
- cardiac surgery
- acute kidney injury
- patients undergoing
- sars cov
- coronavirus disease
- computed tomography
- clinical trial
- study protocol
- image quality
- randomized controlled trial
- magnetic resonance imaging
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- cross sectional
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance
- positron emission tomography
- dual energy
- intensive care unit
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- double blind