Cardiac surgery in the time of the coronavirus

The current Covid‐19 pandemic is a significant global health threat. The outbreak has profoundly affected all healthcare professionals, including heart surgeons. To adapt to these exceptional circumstances, cardiac surgeons had to change their practice significantly. We herein discuss the challenges...

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Published inJournal of Cardiac Surgery Vol. 35; no. 6; pp. 1177 - 1179
Main Authors Fudulu, Daniel P., Angelini, Gianni D.
Format Journal Article Web Resource
LanguageEnglish
Published United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.06.2020
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Subjects
Betacoronavirus
cardiac surgery
Cardiac Surgical Procedures - methods
Cardiac Surgical Procedures - statistics & numerical data
coronavirus
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control
COVID-19
Covid‐19 disease
Elective Surgical Procedures - methods
Elective Surgical Procedures - statistics & numerical data
Female
Global Health
Humans
Incidence
Infection Control - methods
Invited
Male
pandemic
Pandemics - prevention & control
Pandemics - statistics & numerical data
Patient Safety
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control
Safety Management
SARS Covid‐19
SARS-CoV-2
Surgeons
SARS Covid-19
cardiac surgery
coronavirus
pandemic
Covid-19 disease
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Summary:The current Covid‐19 pandemic is a significant global health threat. The outbreak has profoundly affected all healthcare professionals, including heart surgeons. To adapt to these exceptional circumstances, cardiac surgeons had to change their practice significantly. We herein discuss the challenges and broad implications of the Covid‐19 pandemic from the perspective of the heart surgeons.
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ISSN:0886-0440
1540-8191
DOI:10.1111/jocs.14580