Critical COVID-19 Complicating Recovery From Surgical Repair of Congenital Heart Disease

Brandon S Hays; Michael S Northrop; Avinash K Shetty; John K Petty; Yoshio Ootaki

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.04.065

Critical COVID-19 Complicating Recovery From Surgical Repair of Congenital Heart Disease

Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Feb;113(2):e119-e121. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.04.065. Epub 2021 May 6.

Authors

Brandon S Hays¹, Michael S Northrop², Avinash K Shetty³, John K Petty⁴, Yoshio Ootaki⁵

Affiliations

¹ Section of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Brenner Children's Hospital, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Electronic address: bhays@waehealth.edu.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Brenner Children's Hospital, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
³ Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Brenner Children's Hospital, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
⁴ Department of Pediatric Surgery, Brenner Children's Hospital, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
⁵ Department of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Brenner Children's Hospital, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Abstract

This case highlights the need for accurate and rapid testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and also underscores the need for caregivers to remain vigilant for coronavirus disease 2019 in the postoperative setting despite negative preoperative testing.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / therapy*
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
Humans
Infant
Male
Postoperative Complications / therapy*
SARS-CoV-2*