TY - JOUR
T1 - Nonelective coronary artery bypass graft outcomes are adversely impacted by Coronavirus disease 2019 infection, but not altered processes of care
T2 - A National COVID Cohort Collaborative and National Surgery Quality Improvement Program analysis
AU - N3C Consortium
AU - Grimsley, Emily A.
AU - Torikashvili, Johnathan V.
AU - Janjua, Haroon M.
AU - Read, Meagan D.
AU - Kothari, Anai N.
AU - Verhagen, Nate B.
AU - Pietrobon, Ricardo
AU - Kuo, Paul C.
AU - Rogers, Michael P.
AU - Wilcox, Adam B.
AU - Lee, Adam M.
AU - Graves, Alexis
AU - Anzalone, Alfred (Jerrod)
AU - Manna, Amin
AU - Saha, Amit
AU - Olex, Amy
AU - Zhou, Andrea
AU - Williams, Andrew E.
AU - Southerland, Andrew
AU - Girvin, Andrew T.
AU - Walden, Anita
AU - Sharathkumar, Anjali A.
AU - Amor, Benjamin
AU - Bates, Benjamin
AU - Hendricks, Brian
AU - Patel, Brijesh
AU - Alexander, Caleb
AU - Bramante, Carolyn
AU - Ward-Caviness, Cavin
AU - Madlock-Brown, Charisse
AU - Suver, Christine
AU - Chute, Christopher
AU - Dillon, Christopher
AU - Wu, Chunlei
AU - Schmitt, Clare
AU - Takemoto, Cliff
AU - Housman, Dan
AU - Gabriel, Davera
AU - Eichmann, David A.
AU - Mazzotti, Diego
AU - Brown, Don
AU - Boudreau, Eilis
AU - Hill, Elaine
AU - Zampino, Elizabeth
AU - Marti, Emily Carlson
AU - Pfaff, Emily R.
AU - French, Evan
AU - Koraishy, Farrukh M.
AU - Mariona, Federico
AU - Subbian, Vignesh
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - Objective: The effects of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection and altered processes of care on nonelective coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) outcomes remain unknown. We hypothesized that patients with COVID-19 infection would have longer hospital lengths of stay and greater mortality compared with COVID-negative patients, but that these outcomes would not differ between COVID-negative and pre-COVID controls. Methods: The National COVID Cohort Collaborative 2020-2022 was queried for adult patients undergoing CABG. Patients were divided into COVID-negative, COVID-active, and COVID-convalescent groups. Pre-COVID control patients were drawn from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. Adjusted analysis of the 3 COVID groups was performed via generalized linear models. Results: A total of 17,293 patients underwent nonelective CABG, including 16,252 COVID-negative, 127 COVID-active, 367 COVID-convalescent, and 2254 pre-COVID patients. Compared to pre-COVID patients, COVID-negative patients had no difference in mortality, whereas COVID-active patients experienced increased mortality. Mortality and pneumonia were higher in COVID-active patients compared to COVID-negative and COVID-convalescent patients. Adjusted analysis demonstrated that COVID-active patients had higher in-hospital mortality, 30- and 90-day mortality, and pneumonia compared to COVID-negative patients. COVID-convalescent patients had a shorter length of stay but a higher rate of renal impairment. Conclusions: Traditional care processes were altered during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our data show that nonelective CABG in patients with active COVID-19 is associated with significantly increased rates of mortality and pneumonia. The equivalent mortality in COVID-negative and pre-COVID patients suggests that pandemic-associated changes in processes of care did not impact CABG outcomes. Additional research into optimal timing of CABG after COVID infection is warranted.
AB - Objective: The effects of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection and altered processes of care on nonelective coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) outcomes remain unknown. We hypothesized that patients with COVID-19 infection would have longer hospital lengths of stay and greater mortality compared with COVID-negative patients, but that these outcomes would not differ between COVID-negative and pre-COVID controls. Methods: The National COVID Cohort Collaborative 2020-2022 was queried for adult patients undergoing CABG. Patients were divided into COVID-negative, COVID-active, and COVID-convalescent groups. Pre-COVID control patients were drawn from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. Adjusted analysis of the 3 COVID groups was performed via generalized linear models. Results: A total of 17,293 patients underwent nonelective CABG, including 16,252 COVID-negative, 127 COVID-active, 367 COVID-convalescent, and 2254 pre-COVID patients. Compared to pre-COVID patients, COVID-negative patients had no difference in mortality, whereas COVID-active patients experienced increased mortality. Mortality and pneumonia were higher in COVID-active patients compared to COVID-negative and COVID-convalescent patients. Adjusted analysis demonstrated that COVID-active patients had higher in-hospital mortality, 30- and 90-day mortality, and pneumonia compared to COVID-negative patients. COVID-convalescent patients had a shorter length of stay but a higher rate of renal impairment. Conclusions: Traditional care processes were altered during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our data show that nonelective CABG in patients with active COVID-19 is associated with significantly increased rates of mortality and pneumonia. The equivalent mortality in COVID-negative and pre-COVID patients suggests that pandemic-associated changes in processes of care did not impact CABG outcomes. Additional research into optimal timing of CABG after COVID infection is warranted.
KW - COVID-19
KW - nonelective coronary artery bypass grafting
KW - outcomes
KW - pandemic
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U2 - 10.1016/j.xjon.2023.09.020
DO - 10.1016/j.xjon.2023.09.020
M3 - Article
SN - 2666-2736
VL - 16
SP - 342
EP - 352
JO - JTCVS Open
JF - JTCVS Open
ER -