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Recommendations for risk stratified use of cardiac computed tomography for congenital heart disease during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Abstract The impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States and around the world has required significant changes to medical practice. Amidst the rapidly evolving public health… Click to show full abstract

Abstract The impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States and around the world has required significant changes to medical practice. Amidst the rapidly evolving public health emergency, hospital centers have been required to postpone elective procedures, preserve personal protective equipment (PPE), practice social distancing and limit staff exposures. Patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) often need urgent evaluation, most commonly for preprocedural evaluation. We have stratified the most common indications for cardiac computed tomography (CCT) imaging in patients with CHD to help guide care for these patients during the COVID-19 pandemic including considerations for reopening.

Keywords: computed tomography; covid pandemic; congenital heart; disease covid

Journal Title: Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Year Published: 2020

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