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Elective cardiovascular care in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic: managing tragic choices by Berman, Adam E; Miller, Douglas; Sorrentino, Robert A; Mossialos, Elias A is a Health Professions article available to read on EtoBox.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant morbidity and mortality globally. As health systems grapple with caring for patients affected with COVID-19, cardiovascular procedures that are deemed ‘elective’ have been postponed. Guidelines concerning which cardiac procedures should be performed during the pandemic vary by specialty and geography in the USA. We propose a clinical heuristic to guide individual physicians and governing bodies in their decision making regarding which cardiac procedures should be performed during the COVID-19 pandemic using the behavioural economics concept of heuristics and ecological rationality.

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Author

Berman, Adam E; Miller, Douglas; Sorrentino, Robert A; Mossialos, Elias A

Publisher

BMJ; [London]: BMJ Publishing Group Limited (ISSN 2399-6641)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Health Professions (Health Sciences)