Open Hart Surgery Experience of a High Volume Center During Pandemic

Autor: Burçin Abud, Ayse Gul Kunt, Kemal Karaarslan
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: The Journal of Tepecik Education and Research Hospital.
ISSN: 1305-7073
DOI: 10.5222/terh.2021.26878
Popis: Objective: The aim of the study is to report the results of open heart surgery performed during the pandemic. Methods: One hundred eighty-five symptomatic patients were operated under a median sternotomy with a cardiopulmonary bypass in our pandemic hospital. They were all outpatient and were COVID-negative and strict precautions were taken. Results: 185 patients were referred to cardiovascular surgery for several type of cardiac operation. All patients were symptomatic due to primary cardiac disease. In-hospital mortality rate was seven times higher in those with Covid-19 (22.2%) while the non Covid-19 patients had a rate of (3.4%) (p
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