Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Scientific Sessions 2020: Emerging Opportunities in Cardiovascular Diseases.
Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Scientific Sessions 2020: Emerging Opportunities in Cardiovascular Diseases.
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DOI:
10.1161/circresaha.120.318257
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发表时间:
2020-11-06
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
Wold LE
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作者:
Sadayappan S;Tardiff JC;Wold LE
Early in 2020, the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted personal and professional lives around the world. With the increase in COVID-19 cases in the United States, state and institutional policies including social distancing and new hygiene procedures were introduced, travel restrictions, and funding to attend scientific meetings was limited. As a result, the American Heart Association (AHA) announced on April 7, 2020, that the BCVS meeting would be converted to an all-virtual format. While this was initially a disappointing decision for the planning committee given the late stage of the programing,(invitations were queued to be emailed to invited speakers and moderators); however, the AHA staff and the program committee immediately began the process of re-envisioning the program for a virtual format. As a result, sessions were limited to 3 main speakers and one moderator, the number of workshops was reduced from 4 to 2, pre-early career sessions and boot camps were eliminated, and the Asian Cardiovascular