Palestinian Medical and Pharmaceutical Journal (Pal. Med. Pharm. J.)

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Palestinian Medical and Pharmaceutical Journal (Pal. Med. Pharm. J.) Indexed in Scopus since 2022
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Submission to acceptance 45 Days
Acceptance to publication 14 Days
Acceptance rate 8%

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Original full research article

Recommendations for safe and effective practice of interventional cardiology during COVID-19 pandemic: Expert opinion from Jordan and Palestine

Published
2020-04-05
Pages
65 - 73
Full text

Keywords

  • PCI.
  • COVID-19; Coronary artery disease
  • STEMI
  • acute coronary syndrome

Abstract

Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a worldwide pandemic with a high mortality rate (2% to 5%) and a high infectivity compared with previous known viral respiratory illness. Data has shown that medical personnel were infected more than other people. Therefore, health care providers had to establish new protocols that balance between health care providers’ protection and patients’ benefit, and guarantee the availability of medical resources in cases of emergency. This article presents several recommendations and protocols for invasive management of coronary artery disease in our region during the COVID-19 pandemic especially after the recent increase in the number of cases in our region. We expect that these recommendations will help protect medical personnel in cardiology field from the high risk of infection of COVID-19, and eventually this would keep the cardiology team available in case of emergency. In addition, they will provide safe and effective management of patients with coronary artery disease during this pandemic.

Article history

Received
2020-03-31
Accepted
2020-04-05
بحث أصيل كامل

Recommendations for safe and effective practice of interventional cardiology during COVID-19 pandemic: Expert opinion from Jordan and Palestine

Published
2020-04-05
الصفحات
65 - 73
البحث كاملا

الكلمات الإفتتاحية

  • PCI.
  • COVID-19; Coronary artery disease
  • STEMI
  • acute coronary syndrome

الملخص

Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a worldwide pandemic with a high mortality rate (2% to 5%) and a high infectivity compared with previous known viral respiratory illness. Data has shown that medical personnel were infected more than other people. Therefore, health care providers had to establish new protocols that balance between health care providers’ protection and patients’ benefit, and guarantee the availability of medical resources in cases of emergency. This article presents several recommendations and protocols for invasive management of coronary artery disease in our region during the COVID-19 pandemic especially after the recent increase in the number of cases in our region. We expect that these recommendations will help protect medical personnel in cardiology field from the high risk of infection of COVID-19, and eventually this would keep the cardiology team available in case of emergency. In addition, they will provide safe and effective management of patients with coronary artery disease during this pandemic.

Article history

تاريخ التسليم
2020-03-31
تاريخ القبول
2020-04-05