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Table 2 Operative data and early postoperative outcome in patients with and without COVID-19 who had cardiac surgery from March 2020 through December 2021.

From: Testing for coronarvirus disease 2019 before cardiac surgery—safe outcome of infected patients

 

COVID-19

(n = 69)

Non COVID-19

(n = 1801)

P value

Urgent operation

28(40.6)

608(33.8)

 

Emergent operation

3(4.3)

106(5.9)

 

Valve surgery

33(47.8)

756(42.0)

0.19

Isolate CABG

27(39.1)

591(32.8)

0.34

Valve and CABG

1(1.4)

75(4.2)

0.44

Aortic surgery

5(7.2)

286(15.9)

0.76

Other procedures

3(4.3)

93(5.2)

0.98

Mortality ≤ 30 days

1 (0.9)

20 (1.1)

0.77

Re-entry for bleeding

2 (2.9)

84 (4.7)

0.74

Stroke

0

40 (2.2)

0.42

Respirator ≥ 2 days

2 (2.9)

34 (1.9)

0.84

Atrial fibrillation

11 (15.9)

374 (20.8)

0.50

Pleuracentesis

5 (7.2)

70 (3.9)

0.24

Pericardiocentesis

3 (4.3)

31 (1.7)

0.23

  1. Data presented as numbers with percent
  2. CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting