Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on rates of congenital heart disease procedures among children: prospective cohort analyses of 26 270 procedures in 17 860 children using CVD-COVID-UK consortium record linkage data
Prioritisation of urgent, emergency and life-saving procedures during the pandemic, particularly in infants, did not impact paediatric CHD postprocedure complications or mortality. This information is valuable for future major health services disruptions, though longer-term follow-up of the effects of delaying elective surgery is needed.
Authors
- Rachel Denholm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8067-5440)
- Arun S Karthikeyan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0065-0217)
- Tim Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1953-0063)
- Sonya V. Babu‐Narayan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1558-8447)
- Massimo Caputo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7508-0891)
- Kate Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0729-4959)
- Debbie A. Lawlor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6793-2262)
- Shubhra Sinha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8554-6704)
- Șerban Stoica (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0456-1249)
- Venexia M. Walker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5064-446X)
- Cathie Sudlow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7725-7520)
Institutions
- Great Ormond Street Hospital (GB)
- At Bristol (GB)
- British Heart Foundation (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- Health Data Research UK (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Heart
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2024-003054
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.05
Funders
- University of Dundee
- Queen Mary University of London
- NHS Health Scotland
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Swansea Bay University Health Board
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity
- Cancer Research UK
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- British Heart Foundation
- Royal College of Surgeons of England
- University of Exeter
- University of Leicester
- University of Warwick
- Imperial College London
- King's College London
- University College London
- University of Leeds
- University of Glasgow
- Cardiff University
- Queen's University Belfast
- University of Aberdeen
- University of Bristol
- Swansea University
- Cardiff Metropolitan University
- Queen's University
- Keele University
- Barts Health NHS Trust