Cardiac Surgery Outcomes in an Epicenter of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Farrington WJ, Robinson NB, Rahouma M, Lau C, Hameed I, Iannacone EM, Ivascu NS, Mick SL, Gaudino MF, Girardi LN. Cardiac Surgery Outcomes in an Epicenter of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Seminars In Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2021, 34: 182-188. PMID: 33444770, PMCID: PMC7801821, DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2021.01.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac surgeryCOVID-19 pandemicPerioperative COVID-19 infectionCOVID-19 negative patientsEmergency cardiac surgeryProper infection controlCardiac surgical careRecovery of patientsCardiac surgery outcomesCOVID-19 infectionCOVID-19Preoperative demographicsHospital stayOperative mortalityAdult patientsNegative patientsPostoperative followPostoperative outcomesCardiopulmonary bypassMedian ageIntraoperative findingsPatient selectionMedian lengthSingle institutionInstitutional database