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Two male patients undergoing urgent cardiac surgery contracted COVID-19 in the early post-operative period and subsequently died from respiratory and multi-organ failure.
Case Report (n=2)
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Highlights the unpredictable and potentially fatal impact of COVID-19 infection in the early post-operative period following cardiac surgery.
COVID-19 infection may prove fatal early after cardiac surgery; leaves open optimal perioperative screening and timing strategies.
BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has caused a global pandemic of unprecedented proportions. Elective cardiac surgery has been universally postponed with only urgent and emergency cardiac operations being performed. The National Health Service in the United Kingdom introduced national measures to conserve intensive care beds and significantly limit elective activity shortly after lockdown. CASE PRESENTATION: We report two cases of early post-operative mortality secondary to COVID-19 infection immediately prior to the implementation of these widespread measures. CONCLUSION: The role of cardiac surgery in the presence of COVID-19 is still very unpredictable and further studies on both short term and long term outcomes are warranted.
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Hussain et al. (2021) conducted a case report in Post-operative cardiac surgery with COVID-19 infection (n=2). COVID-19 infection was evaluated on Mortality. Two male patients undergoing urgent cardiac surgery contracted COVID-19 in the early post-operative period and subsequently died from respiratory and multi-organ failure.
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