Invasive strategy for COVID patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome: The first multicenter Italian experience.
Gioel Gabrio SeccoFrancesco CardaioliPietro MazzarottoRoberto GarboRosario ParisiSilvia MaggioMatteo VercellinoGianfranco PistisAndrea AudoDaniela KozelGiacomo CentiniCarlo Di MarioPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2020)
Urgent PCI for ACS is often required in SARS-CoV-2 patients improving the prognosis in all but the most advanced patients. Complete patient history and examination, routine ECG monitoring, echocardiography, and careful evaluation of changes in cardiac enzymes should be part of the regular assessment procedures also in dedicated COVID positive units.
Keyphrases
- sars cov
- acute coronary syndrome
- end stage renal disease
- coronavirus disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- left ventricular
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery disease
- heart failure
- blood pressure
- antiplatelet therapy
- clinical trial
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- atrial fibrillation
- heart rate variability
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- cross sectional
- patient reported