Title:COVID-19 Pandemic and the Impact on the Cardiovascular Disease Patient Care
VOLUME: 16 ISSUE: 3
Author(s):Prashanth Kulkarni*, Manjappa Mahadevappa and Srinivas Alluri
Affiliation:Department of Cardiology, Care Hospitals, Hi-Tech City, Hyderabad, Department of Cardiology, JSSMC and JSSAHER, Mysuru, Department of Cardiology, Care Hospitals, Hyderabad
Keywords:COVID-19, cardiovascular, myocarditis, acute coronary syndrome, primary PCI, anxiety.
Abstract:The COVID-19 pandemic has emerged as a serious global threat causing a large number
of fatalities and putting enormous strain on the health care resources across the world. This has resulted
in preferentially triaging the coronavirus infected patients and placing others, especially cardiovascular
patients at increased risk for adverse complications. The effective management of cardiac
patients in the hospital environment during this COVID-19 pandemic has emerged as a real
challenge. We try to address this issue and also highlight the interplay between COVID-19 and cardiovascular
diseases. We hereby review the available literature and emerging guidelines about cardiovascular
implications related to COVID-19 which will have a bearing on the patient care, health
care professionals and cardiac centres.
