Impact of COVID-19 on cardiac surgery outcomes

CONCLUSION: Patients who contracted COVID-19 peri-operatively had an increased rate of mortality and postoperative complications, while cardiac surgery in the recently recovered COVID-19 group was associated with a higher incidence of pulmonary embolism and atrial fibrillation.PMID:38407408 | DOI:10.5830/CVJA-2023-065

Source: Cardiovascular Journal of Africa - February 26, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Danica Mandi ć Aleksandra Milovan čev Aleksandar Red žek Milovan Petrovi ć Aleksandra Ili ć Milenko Čanković Melisa Mironicki Pekari ć Vanja Duda š Bojana Šarošković Source Type: research