Coronary and Structural Heart Disease Interventions During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Road Map for Clinicians and Health Care Delivery Systems
Highlights
- • In our survey of interventional cardiologists, primary PCI was the preferred method for treating patients with STEMI.
- • Stable angina and hemodynamically stable ACS are suitable for medical management, except if they have large ischemic burden.
- • TAVI maybe postponed except in symptomatic patients with AVA < 0.5 cm2 or those with recent heart failure.
- • Percutaneous MVR maybe postponed except in patients with HF.All LAAC, PFO/ASD closures maybe postponed.
- • Most follow-up visits can be conducted via telemedicine rather than in-person visits.
Abstract
Background
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, cath labs have had to modify their workflow for elective and urgent patients.