J Transcat Intervent.2020;28:eA202009.
Situation analysis of percutaneous interventions in congenital heart defects during COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. Current recommendations by Sociedade Brasileira de Hemodinâmica e Cardiologia Intervencionista and future planning
Juliana Rodrigues Neves
, André Luís de Andrade Bodini
, Carlo Benatti Pilla
, Fabio Bergman
, Luis Carlos Simões
, Mauricio Jaramillo Hincapié
, Renata Mattos Silva
, Rodrigo Nieckel da Costa
, Santiago Raul Arrieta
DOI: 10.31160/JOTCI202028A202009
ABSTRACT
The disease caused by COVID-2019 has caused an impact on worldwide realities, including care of patients at clinics and hospitals. The medical societies have recommended patients in stable clinical conditions to stay at home, in order to reduce exposure of healthcare teams and patients. Elective cardiac catheterization procedures should be postponed; however, if performed, some measures must be taken, such as minimizing the number of staff in the room, testing patients for COVID-19 and using appropriate personal protection equipment. The same measures should be adopted for congenital heart defect catheterization, considering some issues. Hence, by means of a recent survey of electronic forms, we characterize how the pandemic has affected cath labs procedures for congenital heart defect in Brazil, and provide a national overview of the current situation and a practical recommendation guide.
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