Impact of hard lockdown on interventional cardiology procedures in congenital heart disease: a survey on behalf of the Italian Society of Congenital Heart Disease
| Autor: | G. Di Salvo, Gennaro Santoro, Gabriele Rinelli, Ugo Vairo, Mario Carminati, Mariagiovanna Russo, Domenico Sirico, Giovanni Meliota, Biagio Castaldi, Paolo Guccione, M. Pilati, Roberto Formigari, Gabriele Egidy Assenza, Giuseppe Limongelli, M. Ciuffreda, Andrea Donti, Giovanni Battista Luciani, Silvia Favilli, G. Agnoletti, M. Saitta, Serena Francesca Flocco |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Castaldi, Biagio, Sirico, Domenico, Meliota, Giovanni, Vairo, Ugo, Luciani, Giovanni Battista, Pilati, Mara, Russo, Maria Giovanna, Limongelli, Giuseppe, Favilli, Silvia, Santoro, Giuseppe, Guccione, Paolo, Rinelli, Gabriele, Agnoletti, Gabriella, Carminati, Mario, Flocco, Serena, Donti, Andrea, Assenza, Gabriele Egidy, Ciuffreda, Matteo, Saitta, Michele, Di Salvo, Giovanni, Formigari, Roberto |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Male Heart Defects Congenital Emergency Medical Services medicine.medical_specialty Heart disease Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Adolescent Congenital Disease Transmission Pandemic Health care Disease Transmission Infectious medicine Emergency medical services Humans Infection control Cardiac Surgical Procedure survey Cardiac Surgical Procedures Heart Defects Risk Management Infection Control Interventional cardiology business.industry SARS-CoV-2 Emergency Medical Service interventional cardiology Infectious Outbreak COVID-19 Civil Defense General Medicine medicine.disease congenital heart disease Organizational Innovation Disease Transmission Infectiou Italy Female Medical emergency Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Human |
| Popis: | The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has thoroughly and deeply affected the provision of healthcare services worldwide. In order to limit the in-hospital infections and to redistribute the healthcare professionals, cardiac percutaneous intervention in Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) patients were limited to urgent or emergency ones. The aim of this article is to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Pediatric and ACHD cath laboratory activity during the so-called 'hard lockdown' in Italy. Eleven out of 12 Italian institutions with a dedicated Invasive Cardiology Unit in Congenital Heart Disease actively participated in the survey. The interventional cardiology activity was reduced by more than 50% in 6 out of 11 centers. Adolescent and ACHD patients suffered the highest rate of reduction. There was an evident discrepancy in the management of the hard lockdown, irrespective of the number of COVID-19 positive cases registered, with a higher reduction in Southern Italy compared with the most affected regions (Lombardy, Piedmont, Veneto and Emilia Romagna). Although the pandemic was brilliantly addressed in most cases, we recognize the necessity for planning new, and hopefully homogeneous, strategies in order to be prepared for an upcoming new outbreak. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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