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Prioritizing cardiovascular surgical care in COVID‐19 pandemic: Shall we operate or defer?
Author(s) -
Patel Surendra,
Kaushik Atul,
Sharma Alok Kumar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.14864
Subject(s) - medicine , pandemic , covid-19 , medline , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , emergency medicine , virology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , political science , law
Background The coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) has affected a large population across the world. Patients with cardiovascular disease have increased morbidity and mortality due to coronavirus disease. The burden over the health care system has to be reduced in this global pandemic to provide optimal care of patients with COVID‐19, as well not compromising those who are in need of emergent cardiovascular care. Methods There is a very limited data published defining which cardiovascular procedures are to be performed or to be deferred in the COVID‐19 pandemic. In this article, we have reviewed a few published guidelines regarding cardiovascular surgery in COVID‐19 pandemics. Conclusion After reviewing a few available guidelines regarding cardiovascular surgery in COVID‐19, we conclude to perform only those surgeries which cannot be deferred to a certain period of time, to reduce the burden of the health care system of the country, provide optimal care to patients with COVID‐19, and to protect health care workers and cardiovascular patients from COVID‐19.