PCR Spotlight: COVID-19 - How to restart an elective programme in interventional cardiology

Interventional Cardiologists Andreas Baumbach and Stephen Edmondson and Anthony Mathur, London, United Kingdom, discuss how to restart an elective programme in interventional cardiology.

Key take-home messages to safely restart an elective programme:

  • well established pathways to reintroduce elective procedures,
  • requires good planning,
  • changes in hospital infrastructure,
  • careful patient selection,
  • screening and testing to achieve the highest chance of accurate results,
  • ongoing Heart Team activity and communication to provide best outcomes

Speakers

Prof. Andreas Baumbach

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Saint Bartholomew's Hospital - London, United Kingdom

Stephen Edmondson

London, United Kingdom


Anthony Mathur

Barts Heart Centre - London, United Kingdom

This page was published on 26 May 2020.

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