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T23 0-12 Sentence denotes INTRODUCTION
T24 13-106 Sentence denotes In December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first reported in Wuhan, China [1].
T25 107-225 Sentence denotes This disease was caused by a new coronavirus, called Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) [2].
T26 226-465 Sentence denotes In contrast to past epidemics, which took years to spread around the world, the new virus reached Europe in a few months [3], with the first official case identified in Northern Italy on February 18 [4] and leading to the Italian outbreak.
T27 466-662 Sentence denotes COVID-19 is a systemic disease [5], presenting with interstitial pneumonia (computed tomographic scan is the gold standard for diagnosis) [6–8], but it can also have a paucisymptomatic course [9].
T28 663-917 Sentence denotes The rate of newly infected patients increased daily on a logarithmic scale, especially in Lombardy, the most populated region in Italy (about 10 million inhabitants), forcing the Italian government to take extraordinary measures to contain the infection.
T29 918-987 Sentence denotes Quarantine and the closure of non-essential activities were enforced.
T30 988-1109 Sentence denotes The National Health Care System, in accordance with Italy’s universal welfare principles, was put under extreme pressure.
T31 1110-1211 Sentence denotes Almost every hospital was completely reorganized in order to meet the needs of the COVID-19 patients.
T32 1212-1306 Sentence denotes New areas and new intensive care units (ICUs) dedicated to patients with COVID-19 were set up.
T33 1307-1372 Sentence denotes As a result, all elective activities were postponed or cancelled.
T34 1373-1531 Sentence denotes A dedicated pathway had to be created to guarantee access to the best possible health care treatment, i.e. for emergency, urgent or non-deferrable (ND) cases.
T35 1532-1661 Sentence denotes To ensure such a system, the Health Care Lombardy Regional System promoted the hub-and-spoke organization system on March 8 [10].
T36 1662-1721 Sentence denotes This system had been used successfully in the past [11–13].
T37 1722-1827 Sentence denotes On March 8, 7375 Italian patients were infected with SARS-CoV-19, 650 of whom were in critical condition.
T38 1828-1890 Sentence denotes In Lombardy, there were 3372 and 399 cases, respectively [14].
T39 1891-1970 Sentence denotes In this scenario, heart and vascular surgical activities had to be reorganized.
T40 1971-2030 Sentence denotes Four reference and enrolment hub hospitals were identified.
T41 2031-2145 Sentence denotes Other hospitals, the spokes, which treating almost entirely COVID-19 patients, became peripheral referral centres.
T42 2146-2241 Sentence denotes Hubs had to identify different dedicated pathways for COVID-19-positive and -negative patients.
T43 2242-2352 Sentence denotes The main tasks of the hubs were to admit and treat patients (24/7) coming from the cardiovascular spokes [15].
T44 2353-2472 Sentence denotes Our goal was to analyse our flow charts and examine the pathways designed for COVID-19-positive and -negative patients.