Charting a Safe and Expeditious Course Back to Elective Cardiac Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Innovations (Phila). 2020 Jul/Aug;15(4):296-299. doi: 10.1177/1556984520930066. Epub 2020 Jun 1.

Authors

William C Frankel¹, Tom C Nguyen², Aaron J Weiss³

Affiliations

¹ 3989 Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
² 12340 Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA.
³ 2569 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA.

PMID: 32478596
DOI: 10.1177/1556984520930066

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / standards*
Coronavirus Infections / complications*
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Elective Surgical Procedures / standards*
Heart Diseases / complications
Heart Diseases / surgery*
Humans
Pandemics*
Patient Safety
Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2