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Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic poses an enormous challenge to healthcare system in Egypt. This document is a position statement from the Egyptian Society of Cardiology. It aims to provide information to cardiovascular healthcare providers in Egypt to guarantee delivery of quality patient care and ensure adequate levels of protection against infection during the COVID-19 pandemic. Older patients and those with cardiovascular disease are at higher risk of mortality. The current situation requires unusual allocation of resources which may negatively impact the care of patients with cardiovascular disease. Cardiologists should be prepared in the COVID-19 pandemic. The challenge is in providing the best quality of care despite limited resources while keeping all medical staff as safe as possible. Consider deferring elective procedures whenever possible. All medical staff should undergo rigorous training on infection control and the use of high-quality personal protection equipment. Cardiologists should promote telemedicine in the outpatient setting, prioritize outpatient contacts, and avoid nosocomial dissemination of the virus to patients and healthcare providers. A much conservative approach for emergent cardiac patients is recommended, and invasive interventions are reserved for high risk hemodynamically unstable patients. During the pandemic, the most important principles of treatment should be controlling the spread of infection as the first priority, prompt assessment of patient risk, recommending conservative medical therapy rather than invasive interventions, and strict infection control measures to limit infection spread within the hospital and to healthcare workers.

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Title
Rapid guide to the management of cardiac patients during the COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt: “a position statement of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology”
Author
Shaheen, Sameh 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Awwad, Omar 1 ; Shokry, Khalid 2 ; Abdel-Hamid, Magdy 3 ; El-Etriby, Adel 1 ; Hasan-Ali, Hosam 4 ; Shawky, Islam 5 ; Magdy, Ahmad 6 ; Nasr, Gamila 7 ; Kabil, Hamza 8 ; Elhadidy, Amr 3 ; Zaki, Mohamad 6 ; Hegab, Ahmad 6 

 Ain Shams University, Faculty Of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt (GRID:grid.7269.a) (ISNI:0000 0004 0621 1570) 
 Military Academy, Faculty Of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt (GRID:grid.7269.a) 
 Cairo University, Faculty Of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt (GRID:grid.7776.1) (ISNI:0000 0004 0639 9286) 
 Assuit University, Faculty Of Medicine, Assuit, Egypt (GRID:grid.252487.e) (ISNI:0000 0000 8632 679X) 
 Azhar University, Faculty Of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt (GRID:grid.411303.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 2155 6022) 
 National Heart Institute, Giza, Egypt (GRID:grid.489068.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 0554 9801) 
 Suez Canal University, Faculty Of Medicine, Ismailia, Egypt (GRID:grid.33003.33) (ISNI:0000 0000 9889 5690) 
 Banha University, Faculty Of Medicine, Banha, Egypt (GRID:grid.411660.4) (ISNI:0000 0004 0621 2741) 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
Dec 2020
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
11102608
e-ISSN
2090911X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2729542642
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. corrected publication 2020. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.