A Perspective from New York of COVID 19: Effect and impact on cardiac surgery. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • BACKGROUND AND AIM: First reported in December of 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has had a profound impact on the implementation of care. Here, we describe our institutional experience with a rapid influx of patients at the epicenter of the pandemic. METHODS: We retrospectively review our experience with the departments of cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, anesthesia, and critical care medicine and summarize protocols developed in the midst of the pandemic. RESULTS: The rapid influx of patients requiring an intensive level of care required a complete restructuring of units, including the establishment of a new COVID-19 negative unit for the care of patients requiring urgent or emergent non-COVID-19 related care including open-heart surgery. This unique unit allowed for the delivery of safe and effective care in the epicenter of the pandemic. CONCLUSIONS: Here, we demonstrate the response of a large tertiary academic medical center to the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we demonstrate how rapid structural changes can allow for the continued delivery of cardiac surgical care with similar outcomes as those reported before the pandemic.

publication date

  • September 16, 2020

Research

keywords

  • COVID-19
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85090935906

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1111/jocs.15043

PubMed ID

  • 32939825

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 36

issue

  • 5