Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Brazil: A nationwide perspective.

Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been a worldwide challenge, and efforts to "flatten the curve," including restrictions imposed by policymakers and medical societies, have forced a reduction in the number of procedures performed in the Brazilian Health Care System. The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) from 2008 to 2020 in the SUS and to assess the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the number of procedures and death rate of CABG performed in 2020 through the database DATASUS.

Methods: This study is based on publicly available material obtained from DATASUS, the Brazilian Ministry of Health's data processing system, on numbers of surgical procedures and death rates.

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Brazil from 2008 to 2017.

Background: Brazil is an upper middle-income country in South America with the world's sixth largest population. Despite great advances in health-care services and cardiac surgical care in both its public and private health systems, little is known on the volume, outcomes, and trends of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in Brazil's public health system.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of CABG on the public health system from January 2008 to December 2017 through the database DATASUS.

When Aortic Stenting Alone Does Not Solve It: Mass Effect of Thoracic Aneurysms.

Thoracic aneurysms can potentially cause substantial compression of adjacent structures, creating substantial symptoms. We present a case of a 56-year-old woman with fatigue and dyspnea for 6 months. We discuss her initial endovascular treatment, which was insufficient to improve symptoms, and further surgical intervention was needed to solve the issue.