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cord-310862-53g4hjtp	DeFilippis, Ersilia M.	Challenges in Heart Transplantation in the Era of COVID-19	2020-04-21		.txt	text/plain	853	51	43	For listed patients who are hospitalized without a strict contraindication to durable left ventricular assist device implantation, left ventricular assist device as a bridge to transplant may be a viable strategy to get at-risk patients home and out of the hospital, minimizing their exposure to COVID-19. Important organ procurement organization measures in the United States include expansion of the Uniform Donor Risk Assessment Interview, which now includes targeted questions on exposure to COVID-19. If donors test positive for COVID-19, their organs should not be used for transplant, although they could be considered for scientific purposes to better understand the effects of the virus on the myocardium. 3 For patients who require HT during this pandemic, rapid polymerase chain reaction testing to exclude community-or hospital-acquired COVID-19 infection is required, and extra precautions should be taken to mitigate the risk of postoperative exposure. First cases of COVID-19 in heart transplantation from China	./cache/cord-310862-53g4hjtp.txt	./txt/cord-310862-53g4hjtp.txt