All the authors are members of the Italian Society for Cardiac Surgery Task Force on COVID-19 Pandemic. G.B. is a consultant cardiac surgeon working on a ‘Hub’ Centre of Lombardy. M.d.M. is a member of the Council of the Italian Society for Cardiac Surgery. A.G. is a consultant cardiac surgeon working on a ‘Spoke’ Centre of Lombardy. F.B. is currently serving as Executive Vice-President of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Society for Cardiac Surgery. G.G. is currently serving as President of the Italian Society for Cardiac Surgery. A.P. is currently serving as Scientific Secretary and President of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Society for Cardiac Surgery, working on a ‘Spoke’ Centre of Lombardy.