Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery (Sep 2022)

Joint Recommendations From The Latin American Association of Cardiac and Endovascular Surgery (LACES) and The Cardiovascular Anesthesia Committee of The Latin American Confederation of Anesthesia Societies (CLASA) on the Timing for Cardiac Surgery After COVID-19 Infection

  • Victor Dayan,
  • Pablo Straneo,
  • Mario Jose Arguello,
  • Mayra Vaca,
  • Luis Eduardo Enriquez,
  • Gunther Krogh,
  • Carlos Alberto Carcausto Humani,
  • Milton Patricio Chango Iza,
  • Ezequiel Leonel Fernandez,
  • Rosina Ruiz Roque,
  • Xavier Mantilla Pinto,
  • Rosemberg Albores Figueroa,
  • Oscar Felipe Heilbron,
  • Marcos Schioppi,
  • Bruno Bismark Camacho Alvarez,
  • Mateo Marin-Cuartas,
  • Gomes Walter J.,
  • Juan Riva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21470/1678-9741-2022-0198

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ABSTRACT Introduction: Since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, cardiac surgeries in patients with previous infection by COVID-19 were suspended or postponed, which led to surgeries performed in patients with an advanced stage of their disease and an increase in the waiting list. There is a heterogeneous attitude in Latin America on the optimal timing to cardiac surgery in patients with previous COVID-19 infection due to scarce data on its outcome. Two Latin American associations joined to establish common suggestions on the optimal timing of surgery in patients with previous COVID-19 infection. Methods: Data collection was performed using a pre-established form, which included year of publication, objective, type of study (prospective/retrospective, descriptive/analytical), number of patients, year of study, waiting time between infection and surgery, type of surgery, morbidity, mortality, and conclusions regarding the association between mortality and morbidity. Final recommendations were approved by the board of directors of Latin American Association of Cardiac and Endovascular Surgery (LACES) and Latin American Confederation of Anesthesia Societies (CLASA). Results: Of the initial 1,016 articles, 11 comprised the final selection. Only six of them included patients who underwent cardiac surgery. According to the analyzed literature, optimal timing for cardiac surgery needs to consider the following aspects: deferable surgery, symptomatic COVID-19 infection, completeness of COVID-19 vaccination. Conclusion: These recommendations derive from the analysis of the scarce literature published at present on outcomes after cardiac surgery in patients with previous COVID-19 infection. These are to be taken as a dynamic recommendation in which Latin American reality was taken into consideration.

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