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cord-275721-l6l7bln0	Hussain, Azhar	The Pan London Emergency Cardiac Surgery service: Coordinating a response to the COVID‐19 pandemic	2020-06-29		.txt	text/plain	2202	116	49	In this initial report, we outline our experience of setting up and delivering a pan‐regional service for the delivery of urgent and emergency cardiac surgery with a focus on maintaining a COVID‐free in‐hospital environment. There are seven NHS centers that provide cardiac surgical services in London, with an additional five independent hospitals covering a population of 8.5 million. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately 7000 cardiac surgical procedures were performed on average in London every year, with the majority (90%) performed in NHS hospitals. It is likely that the independent sector will be asked to support patient flow and ongoing hospital treatment for patients after cardiac surgery who cannot be discharged from a delivery center. In this initial report, we outline our experience of setting up and delivering a pan-regional service for the delivery of urgent and emergency cardiac surgery with a focus on maintaining a COVID-free in-hospital environment. The Pan London Emergency Cardiac Surgery service: Coordinating a response to the COVID-19 pandemic	./cache/cord-275721-l6l7bln0.txt	./txt/cord-275721-l6l7bln0.txt