Adult cardiac surgery during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Tiered Patient Triage Guidance Statement
Haft, Jonathan W. Atluri, Pavan Alawadi, Gorav Engelman, Daniel Grant, Michael C. Hassan, Ansar Legare, Jean-Francois Whitman, Glenn Arora, Rakesh C.
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In the setting of the current novel coronavirus pandemic, this document has been generated to provide guiding statements for the adult cardiac surgeon to consider in a rapidly evolving national landscape. Acknowledging the risk for a potentially prolonged need for cardiac surgery procedure deferral, the authors have created this proposed template for physicians and interdisciplinary teams to consider in protecting their patients, institution and their highly specialized cardiac surgery team. In addition, recommendations on the transition from traditional in-person patient assessments and outpatient follow-up are provided. Lastly, we advocate that the cardiac surgeon must continue to serve as leaders, experts, and relevant members of our medical community, shifting our role as necessary in this time of need.
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Haft JW, Atluri P, Alawadi G, Engelman D, Grant MC, Hassan A, Legare JF, Whitman G, Arora RC; Society of Thoracic Surgeons COVID-19 Taskforce and the Workforce for Adult Cardiac and Vascular Surgery. Adult cardiac surgery during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Tiered Patient Triage Guidance Statement. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Apr 10:S0003-4975(20)30548-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.04.003. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32305286; PMCID: PMC7161520. Link to article on publisher's site
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This article was co-published in: Haft JW, Atluri P, Ailawadi G, Engelman DT, Grant MC, Hassan A, Legare JF, Whitman GJR, Arora RC; Society of Thoracic Surgeons COVID-19 Task Force and the Workforce for Adult Cardiac and Vascular Surgery. Adult cardiac surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: A tiered patient triage guidance statement. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Aug;160(2):452-455. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.04.011. Epub 2020 Apr 16. PMID: 32689701; PMCID: PMC7161470.