Heart Team meetings during COVID-19: Different formats of multidisciplinary Heart Team meetings under the gathering restriction rules due to the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic are discussed

Abstract

At the end of 2019, a novel strain of the coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, China and caused a respiratory infection named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).¹ Due to the rapid worldwide spread of the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic on 11 March 2020.² In order to minimize the spread of the disease, many countries enacted precautionary measures, such as restrictions on gatherings and social distancing, following WHO guidelines.³