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. 2021 May;36(5):1668-1671.
doi: 10.1111/jocs.15043. Epub 2020 Sep 16.

A Perspective from New York of COVID 19: Effect and impact on cardiac surgery

Woodrow J Farrington  1 , Charles A Mack  1 , Maria G Karas  2 , Natalia S Ivascu  3 , N Bryce Robinson  1 , Erin Iannacone  1 , Christopher Lau  1 , Stephanie L Mick  1 , Leonard N Girardi  1
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A Perspective from New York of COVID 19: Effect and impact on cardiac surgery

Woodrow J Farrington et al. J Card Surg. 2021 May.

Abstract

Background and aim: First reported in December of 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has had a profound impact on the implementation of care. Here, we describe our institutional experience with a rapid influx of patients at the epicenter of the pandemic.

Methods: We retrospectively review our experience with the departments of cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, anesthesia, and critical care medicine and summarize protocols developed in the midst of the pandemic.

Results: The rapid influx of patients requiring an intensive level of care required a complete restructuring of units, including the establishment of a new COVID-19 negative unit for the care of patients requiring urgent or emergent non-COVID-19 related care including open-heart surgery. This unique unit allowed for the delivery of safe and effective care in the epicenter of the pandemic.

Conclusions: Here, we demonstrate the response of a large tertiary academic medical center to the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we demonstrate how rapid structural changes can allow for the continued delivery of cardiac surgical care with similar outcomes as those reported before the pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; cardiac surgery.

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