This is the largest analysis of COVID-19 related impact on adult cardiac surgery volume, trends, and outcomes. During the pandemic, cardiac surgery volume suffered dramatically, particularly in the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions during the first COVID-19 surge, with a concurrent increase in observed-to-expected 30-day mortality.
The Effect of COVID-19 on Adult Cardiac Surgery in the United States in 717,103 Patients
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Source URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34343473
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Author(s): Tom C. Nguyen MD, Vinod H. Thourani MD, Alexander P. Nissen MD, Robert H. Habib PhD, Joseph A. Dearani MD, Allan Ropski MS
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