Timing of congenital cardiac surgery in children who turned COVID-19 positive

Cardiol Young. 2022 May;32(5):815-817. doi: 10.1017/S1047951121003759. Epub 2021 Sep 10.

Abstract

We report a series of four patients with CHD who tested positive for COVID-19, got treated, and underwent cardiac surgery in the same sitting. All had an uneventful perioperative course similar to COVID-19-negative patients. We conclude that children with asymptomatic or mild COVID-19 disease may be subjected to surgery as early as within 1 week since COVID-19 negative.

Keywords: COVID-19 positive; Congenital cardiac surgery; timing of surgery.

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
  • Child
  • Heart Defects, Congenital* / surgery
  • Humans