Impact of COVID-19 on Patients Scheduled for Aortic Surgery

COVID-19 has had an unprecedented effect on the global delivery of vascular surgical services. The international Vascular Surgery COVID-19 Collaborative (VASCC) registry prospectively recruited patients to evaluate the impact of surgical delay and subsequent natural history of patients awaiting scheduled aortic operations. The VASCC registry identified 127 patients with aortic disease whose operations were postponed during the 2020 COVID-19...