TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiac imaging in congenital heart disease during the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic
T2 - recommendations from the Working Group on Congenital Heart Disease of the Italian Society of Cardiology
AU - Working Group on Congenital Heart Disease of the Italian Society of Cardiology
AU - Sirico, Domenico
AU - Castaldi, Biagio
AU - Ciliberti, Paolo
AU - Sabatino, Jolanda
AU - Cazzoli, Ilaria
AU - Secinaro, Aurelio
AU - Calcaterra, Giuseppe
AU - Oreto, Lilia
AU - Calabrò, Maria Pia
AU - Chessa, Massimo
AU - Limongelli, Giuseppe
AU - D'Alto, Michele
AU - Serra, Walter
AU - Bassareo, Pierpaolo
AU - Russo, Maria Giovanna
AU - Guccione, Paolo
AU - Di Salvo, Giovanni
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - : The recent outbreak of 2019 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 is having major repercussions on healthcare services provision in Italy and worldwide. Data suggest the virus has a strong impact on the cardiovascular system, and cardiac imaging will play an important role in patients affected by coronavirus disease-2019. Although paediatric patients are mildly affected, they represent a clear accelerator in spreading the virus, and healthcare workers are at higher risk of infection. The aim of this position paper is to provide clinical recommendation regarding the execution of imaging investigations for the cardiac diagnostic work-up of paediatric patients with suspected or confirmed infection.
AB - : The recent outbreak of 2019 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 is having major repercussions on healthcare services provision in Italy and worldwide. Data suggest the virus has a strong impact on the cardiovascular system, and cardiac imaging will play an important role in patients affected by coronavirus disease-2019. Although paediatric patients are mildly affected, they represent a clear accelerator in spreading the virus, and healthcare workers are at higher risk of infection. The aim of this position paper is to provide clinical recommendation regarding the execution of imaging investigations for the cardiac diagnostic work-up of paediatric patients with suspected or confirmed infection.
KW - Betacoronavirus/isolation & purification
KW - COVID-19
KW - Cardiac Imaging Techniques/methods
KW - Cardiology/methods
KW - Child
KW - Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology
KW - Disease Transmission, Infectious/prevention & control
KW - Heart Defects, Congenital/diagnosis
KW - Humans
KW - Infection Control/methods
KW - Italy/epidemiology
KW - Occupational Exposure/prevention & control
KW - Pandemics/prevention & control
KW - Pediatrics/methods
KW - Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology
KW - SARS-CoV-2
KW - Societies, Medical
U2 - 10.2459/JCM.0000000000000990
DO - 10.2459/JCM.0000000000000990
M3 - Article
C2 - 32487868
VL - 21
SP - 467
EP - 471
JO - Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine
JF - Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine
SN - 1558-2027
IS - 7
ER -