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ReviewJournal of cardiac surgery2020

Prioritizing cardiovascular surgical care in COVID-19 pandemic: Shall we operate or defer?

Surendra Patel, Atul Kaushik, Alok Kumar Sharma

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Review in Journal of cardiac surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 48% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Surendra PatelDepartment of Trauma and Emergency Cardiothoracic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1474-6738
Atul KaushikDepartment of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-7245
Alok Kumar SharmaDepartment of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe 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.

methodsThere 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.

conclusionAfter 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.

Indexed as

BetacoronavirusPandemicsCardiovascular DiseasesCardiovascular Surgical ProceduresComorbidityCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Disease Transmission, InfectiousElective Surgical ProceduresHumansPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2cardiac surgerycoronavirus diseaseCOVID-19 pandemicelective cardiovascular proceduresemergency cardiovascular proceduresvascular surgery

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PMID32668048
PMCPMC7404879
OpenAlexW3041725780

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