Iranian Society of Cardiac Surgeons COVID-19 task force version II, restarting elective surgeries

• Main Authors: Alireza Alizadeh Ghavidel, Mohammadreza Mirzaaghayan, Mohammad Ali Yousefnia, Esmaeil Asdaghpour, Ramin Baghaei Tehrani, Naser Jalilifar, Hasan Radmehr, Mahmoud Shirzad, Nicholas Austine, Hosein Ahmadi, Zargham Hossein Ahmadi, Abbas Afrasiabi Rad, Ahmadali Amirghofran, Ahmad Amin, Zahra Ansari Aval, Kamran Babazadeh, Alireza Bakhshandeh, Bahador Baharestani, Rezayat Parvizi, Amirnaser Jadbabaei, Alireza Jahangirifard, Saeed Hoseini, Manouchehr Hekmat, Amanollah Heidari, Minoosh Shabani, Parham Sadeghipour, Mehrdad Salehi, Shervin Ziabakhsh Tabari, Mohammad Abbasi, Maziar Gholampour Dahaki, Ata Firouzi, Mojgan Laali, Mohammad Hosein Mandegar, Mohsen Mirmohammadsadeghi, Mohammadali Navvabi Shirazi, Akbar Nikpajooh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2020-09-01
• Series: Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research
• Subjects: covid-19; corona; sars-cov-2; cardiac surgery; covid-19 ppe; task force
• Online Access: https://jcvtr.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/jcvtr-12-158.pdf

Given the nature of heart disease and the importance of continuing heart surgery during the pandemic and its aftermath and in order to provide adequate safety for the surgical team and achieve the desired result for patients, as well as the optimal use of ICU beds, the medical team, blood, blood products, and personal protective equipment, it is essential to change the usual approach during the pandemic. There are still a lot of evidences and experiences needed to produce the perfect protocol. Some centers may have a special program for their centers during this period of epidemics that can be respected and performed. Generally, in pandemic conditions, the use of non-surgical approaches is preferred if similar outcomes can be obtained.