Challenges and the innovations in the care of advanced heart failure patients during COVID-19.
Heart Fail Rev
; 27(1): 235-238, 2022 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1023339
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic underscored our healthcare system's unpreparedness to manage an unprecedented pandemic. Heart failure (HF) physicians from 14 different academic and private practice centers share their systems' challenges and innovations to care for patients with HF, heart transplantation, and patients on LVAD support during the COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss measures implemented to alleviate the fear in seeking care, ensure continued optimization of guideline directed medical therapy (GDMT), manage the heart transplant waiting list, continue essential outpatient monitoring of anticoagulation in LVAD patients and surveillance testing post-heart transplant, and prevent physician burnout. This collaborative work can build a foundation for better preparation in the face of future challenges.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Heart-Assist Devices
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Heart Transplantation
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COVID-19
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Heart Failure
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Heart Fail Rev
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S10741-021-10074-0
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