Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with coronary artery disease requiring cardiac surgery at a German university hospital
The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on cardiac surgical care with the prioritization of emergency procedures. Patients treated during the pandemic were in a more critical preoperative condition, duration of surgery was longer, but post-operative mortality was comparable.
Authors
- J. Landwehrt
- Jan Sönke Englbrecht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6461-4544)
- Henryk Welp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4216-6223)
- Antje Gottschalk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4046-0509)
- Sven Martens
Institutions
- University Hospital Münster (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Published
- 2025-02-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-025-03373-2
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00