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cord-316918-mz5r7yiy	Rubin, Geoffrey A.	Performance of electrophysiology procedures at an academic medical center amidst the 2020 coronavirus (COVID‐19) pandemic	2020-04-20		.txt	text/plain	2803	116	38	In this proposal, we detail the specific protocol changes that our EP department has adopted during the COVID‐19 pandemic, including performance of only urgent/emergent procedures, after hours/7‐day per week laboratory operation, single attending‐only cases to preserve PPE, appropriate use of PPE, telemedicine and video chat follow‐up appointments, and daily conferences to collectively manage the clinical and ethical dilemmas to come. In this proposal, we detail the specific protocol changes that our EP department has adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic, including performance of only urgent/emergent procedures, after hours/7-day per week laboratory operation, single attending-only cases to preserve PPE, appropriate use of PPE, telemedicine and video chat follow-up appointments, and daily conferences to collectively manage the clinical and ethical dilemmas to come. Unless urgent/emergent, we have avoided performing procedures on COVID-19 infected patients in the EP laboratory to prevent transmission not only during transport to the laboratory, but also to prevent seeding the lab itself in the case of a prolonged operation.	./cache/cord-316918-mz5r7yiy.txt	./txt/cord-316918-mz5r7yiy.txt