A Perspective from Los Angeles of COVID-19 effect and impact on cardiac surgery.
J Card Surg
; 36(5): 1665-1667, 2021 May.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1075863
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) captured worldwide attention as the virus spread from initial detection as a pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan, China in December 2019 to the declaration of a pandemic by the WHO only 3 months later. This paper describes the impact of COVID-19 on cardiac surgery services in the greater Los Angeles area. Discussion includes public health response to the pandemic, how local hospitals reacted to the expected surge in patients with COVID, the establishment of telemedicine services, and the projected future impact on California healthcare as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
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Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
J Card Surg
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jocs.15042
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