Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 2023; 120(4): e20220582
Change of Strategy in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Waiting List during the COVID-19 Pandemic: One-Year Follow-Up
Franc Jorge Sampaio Santos Pereira
, Marília Prudente Menezes, Gabriela Carolina Santamaria Naranjo, José Henrique Herrmann Delamain, José Ribamar Costa, Mario Issa, Vivian Lerner Amato, Fausto Feres, Pedro Silvio Farsky
Introduction
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a significant occupation of intensive care beds, causing the suspension of elective cases of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).
At the same time, the evolution of techniques for the percutaneous treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD) has expanded the possibilities for this modality, and published studies have not shown a reduction in outcomes in stable patients with moderate/high ischemic burden under optimized clinical treatment (OCT).
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Change of Strategy in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Waiting List during the COVID-19 Pandemic: One-Year Follow-Up
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