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cord-297565-m6wnj83d	Seese, Laura	Programmatic Responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Survey of 502 Cardiac Surgeons	2020-04-28		.txt	text/plain	695	43	48	In response, there have been systems-based changes within US cardiac surgical programs in efforts to enhance containment measures and to preserve essential resources needed to treat an influx of COVID-19 patients. The World Health Organization identified COVID-19 as a global pandemic on March 11, 2020 and within days, many cardiac surgical programs made drastic changes to their clinical practices with reductions in surgical volume due to delayed elective cases, reassignment of providers to intensive care settings outside their usual scope of practice, and the integration of virtual clinics for patient evaluation (1) . In conclusion, this survey of 502 cardiac surgeons demonstrates major changes in practice as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lessons from the early US cardiac surgery response to COVID-19 that can be extrapolated to future pandemics include the importance of involving cardiac surgeons in policy decisions regarding cardiovascular patients, the need for enhanced communication between hospital leadership and service lines as well as improved access to PPE for all providers.	./cache/cord-297565-m6wnj83d.txt	./txt/cord-297565-m6wnj83d.txt