Chest radiography requirements for patients with asymptomatic COVID-19 undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery:Three case reports

作     者：Amr Salah Omar Bassam Shoman Suraj Sudarsanan Yasser Shouman 

作者机构：Department of Cardiothoracic SurgeryHeart HospitalHamad Medical CorporationDoha 3050DAQatar Department of Critical Care MedicineBeni Suef UniversityBeni Suef 3050DAQatar Department of MedicineWeill Cornell Medical CollegeDoha 3050DAQatar 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Virology》 (世界病毒学杂志)

年 卷 期：2021年第10卷第3期

页      面：130-136页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Supported by Hamad Medical Corporation 

主　　题：COVID-19 Cardiac surgery Outcome Radiography Critical care Case report 

摘      要：BACKGROUND The coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19),caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2,represents a major challenge to health care systems both globally and regionally,with many opting by cancelling elective *** operations in patients diagnosed with COVID-19 have been imperative due to their emergency nature,critical condition of patients awaiting cardiac surgery,and accumulated number of cardiac surgical interventions throughout the last *** SUMMARY Here we describe three COVID-19 positive cases who underwent coronary surgery,on an urgent *** did not experience worsening of the patients’clinical condition due to COVID-19 and therefore a routine post-operative chest Xray(CXR)was not *** of the health care providers attending the patients endured cross *** trials would be needed in order to confirm these *** While the pandemic has adversely hit the health systems worldwide,cardiac surgical patients who concomitantly contracted COVID-19 may undergo a smooth post-operative course as a routine post-operative CXR may not be required.