id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-326636-l41qzggh Fudulu, Daniel P. Cardiac surgery in the time of the coronavirus 2020-04-25 .txt text/plain 1513 102 60 Due to its effective transmission, more than a third of the global population is currently in lockdown as part of a mitigation strategy that aims to reduce the capacity of the virus to kill by increasing the ability of the health services to cope with the surge in cases. Sadly, doctors, including cardiac surgeons 5 died from the coronavirus, and many others will likely lose the battle with the virus in the future. A new challenge is operating on patients that are Covid-19 positive or suspected as high risk for the disease. We are dealing with a new disease in our cardiac surgical patients, and we have no understanding of it. There is no research into short term and long term outcomes of patients undergoing cardiac surgery that are Covid-19 positive. ./cache/cord-326636-l41qzggh.txt ./txt/cord-326636-l41qzggh.txt