Department of Cardiac Surgery, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, EC1A 7BE, UK.
J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Apr 26;16(1):112. doi: 10.1186/s13019-021-01487-x.
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.
We report two cases of early post-operative mortality secondary to COVID-19 infection immediately prior to the implementation of these widespread measures.
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.
COVID-19 已造成史无前例的全球大流行。除紧急和急救心脏手术外，所有择期心脏手术均已普遍推迟。英国国民保健制度在封锁后不久即采取国家措施以节省重症监护床位并显著限制择期手术。
我们报告了两例 COVID-19 感染的术后早期死亡病例，这两例均发生在广泛实施这些措施之前。
在 COVID-19 存在的情况下，心脏手术的作用仍然非常不可预测，因此需要对短期和长期结果进行进一步研究。
