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. 2020 Jul 2;160(4):937–947.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.04.060

Figure 2.

Figure 2

The anticipated resource use depends on the stage of the pandemic at a given health care system. Three potential scenarios can exist: system A: COVID-19 cases exceed resources, causing a complete cessation of surgery throughout the peak and affects the late phase, system B: COVID-19 cases cause major disruption only in the peak phase, and system C: COVID-19 cases stay below maximum resource capacity, allowing elective cases to proceed. Note there is a predicted bump in cases within the late phase as distancing measures are relaxed.