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COVID effect resulted in substantial decline in heart surgery, caused more patient deaths

The most deadly global health crisis in a century has resulted in a substantial decline in overall heart surgery volume and an unexplained increase in deaths after coronary artery bypass grafting, according to late-breaking research presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

Some of Last Year s Deferred Cardiac Surgeries Likely Still in Backlog

email article A nationwide database confirmed the sharp reduction of adult cardiac surgery volumes and unexpectedly high procedural mortality during the COVID pandemic, one group reported. Surgical cases had been fairly stable month to month until they dropped to 12,000 across the country during the month of April 2020, a 53% reduction (65% drop in elective cases and a 40% reduction in non-elective cases) from the 2019 monthly average that roughly coincided with the first wave of the pandemic. The Mid-Atlantic and New England regions, hit hardest by COVID during the first surge, showed the biggest drops of cardiac surgery volumes (71% and 63% reductions, respectively). The Mid-Atlantic in particular had a whopping 75% reduction in elective cases and a 59% decline in non-elective ones in April, reported Tom Nguyen, MD, of University of California San Francisco, at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) virtual meeting.

Study links COVID effect to fewer heart surgeries

Study links COVID effect to fewer heart surgeries
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Covid effect linked to fewer heart surgeries

The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic have resulted in a substantial decline in overall heart surgery volume and an unexplained increase in deaths after coronary artery bypass grafting in the US, says a new study."The pandemic has changed .

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