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‘COVID Effect’ Leads to Fewer Heart Surgeries, More Patient Deaths

This press briefing was shared during the virtual STS 57th Annual Meeting (January 29-31, 2021). For more information, contact [email protected]. The most deadly global health crisis in a century has resulted in a substantial decline in overall heart surgery volume and an unexplained increase in deaths after coronary artery bypass grafting, according to late-breaking research presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. “This study was a true herculean analysis and tour de force that showed the COVID effect on adult cardiac surgery volume, trends, and outcomes,” said Tom C. Nguyen, MD, from the University of California San Francisco. “The pandemic has changed the world as we know it, causing a dramatic drop in adult cardiac surgery volume and worsening patient outcomes.” Dr. Nguyen and colleagues queried the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database from January 1, 2018, to June 30, 2020, and The Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard from February 1, 2020, to January 1, 2021. The researchers examined data from 717,103 adult cardiac surgery patients and more than 20 million COVID-19 patients in an effort to determine how the pandemic affected adult cardiac surgery on national and regional levels. “Only the STS National Database has the level of granularity, COVID variables, and longitudinal follow-up to answer the questions posed in this important study,” said Dr. Nguyen. “Our research also analyzed data by regions to get an idea of how specific areas did during the COVID pandemic.” To read the full release, visit sts.org/media.