2021-09-14
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on aortic valve surgical service: a single centre experience
2021-09-14 • Dimitrios Vlastos, Ishaansinh Chauhan, Kwabena Mensah, Maria Cannoletta, Athanasios Asonitis, Ahmed Elfadil, Mario Petrou, Anthony De Souza, Cesare...
Abstract Background The coronavirus-disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic imposed an unprecedented burden on the provision of cardiac surgical services. The reallocation of workforce and resources necessitated the postponement of elective operations in this cohort of high-risk patients. We investigated the impact of this outbreak on the aortic valve surgery activity at a single two-site centre in the United Kingdom. Methods Data were extracted from the local surgical database, including the demographics, clinical chara…