Cardiac surgery considerations and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic

Alexander Iribarne; Vinod H. Thourani; Joseph C. Cleveland; Sukit Christopher Malaisrie; Matthew A. Romano; Marc R. Moon; Harish Ramakrishna; Holly E.M. Mewhort; Michael Halkos; Ibrahim Sultan; Christine Kindler; Michael S. Firstenberg; Victor Dayan; Vigneshwar Kasirajan; Chris Salerno; Alistair Phillips

doi:10.1111/jocs.14798

Cardiac surgery considerations and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic

Alexander Iribarne, Vinod H. Thourani, Joseph C. Cleveland, Sukit Christopher Malaisrie, Matthew A. Romano, Marc R. Moon, Harish Ramakrishna, Holly E.M. Mewhort, Michael Halkos, Ibrahim Sultan, Christine Kindler, Michael S. Firstenberg, Victor Dayan, Vigneshwar Kasirajan, Chris Salerno, Alistair Phillips

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed cardiac surgical practices. Limitations in intensive care resources and personal protective equipment have required many practices throughout the globe to pause elective operations and now slowly resume operations. However, much of cardiac surgery is not elective and patients continue to require surgery on an urgent or emergent basis during the pandemic. This continued need for providing surgical services has introduced several unique considerations ranging from how to prioritize surgery, how to ensure safety for cardiac surgical teams, and how best to resume elective operations to ensure the safety of patients. Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic has required a careful analysis of how best to carry out heart transplantation, extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation, and congenital heart surgery. In this review, we present the many areas of multidisciplinary consideration, and the lessons learned that have allowed us to carry out cardiac surgery with excellence during the COVID-19 pandemic. As various states experience plateaus, declines, and rises in COVID-19 cases, these considerations are particularly important for cardiac surgical programs throughout the globe.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1979-1987
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of cardiac surgery
Volume	35
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.14798
State	Published - Aug 1 2020

Keywords

COVID-19
cardiac surgery

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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Iribarne, A., Thourani, V. H., Cleveland, J. C., Malaisrie, S. C., Romano, M. A., Moon, M. R., Ramakrishna, H., Mewhort, H. E. M., Halkos, M., Sultan, I., Kindler, C., Firstenberg, M. S., Dayan, V., Kasirajan, V., Salerno, C., & Phillips, A. (2020). Cardiac surgery considerations and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of cardiac surgery, 35(8), 1979-1987. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.14798

Iribarne, A, Thourani, VH, Cleveland, JC, Malaisrie, SC, Romano, MA, Moon, MR, Ramakrishna, H, Mewhort, HEM, Halkos, M, Sultan, I, Kindler, C, Firstenberg, MS, Dayan, V, Kasirajan, V, Salerno, C & Phillips, A 2020, 'Cardiac surgery considerations and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic', Journal of cardiac surgery, vol. 35, no. 8, pp. 1979-1987. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.14798

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