Guidance and best practices for nuclear cardiology laboratories during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: An Information Statement from ASNC and SNMMI

Hicham Skali^{1

2}, Venkatesh L Murthy³, Mouaz H Al-Mallah⁴, Tim M Bateman⁵, Rob Beanlands⁶, Nathan Better⁷, Dennis A Calnon⁸, Vasken Dilsizian⁹, Alessia Gimelli¹⁰, Robert Pagnanelli¹¹, Donna M Polk², Prem Soman¹², Randall C Thompson⁵, Andrew J Einstein¹³, Sharmila Dorbala^{14

15}

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¹ Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
² Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
³ Frankel Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁴ Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
⁵ Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA.
⁶ Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
⁷ Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
⁸ OhioHealth Heart and Vascular Physicians, Columbus, OH, USA.
⁹ Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
¹⁰ Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Pisa, Italy.
¹¹ Department of Radiology, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC, USA.
¹² Division of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
¹³ Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, and Department of Radiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁴ Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. sdorbala@bwh.harvard.edu.
¹⁵ Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. sdorbala@bwh.harvard.edu.

PMID: 32415626
PMCID: PMC7227175
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-020-02123-2

Guidance and best practices for nuclear cardiology laboratories during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: An Information Statement from ASNC and SNMMI

Hicham Skali et al. J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;27(3):1022-1029.

doi: 10.1007/s12350-020-02123-2. Epub 2020 May 15.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
² Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
³ Frankel Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁴ Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
⁵ Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA.
⁶ Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
⁷ Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
⁸ OhioHealth Heart and Vascular Physicians, Columbus, OH, USA.
⁹ Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
¹⁰ Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Pisa, Italy.
¹¹ Department of Radiology, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC, USA.
¹² Division of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
¹³ Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, and Department of Radiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁴ Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. sdorbala@bwh.harvard.edu.
¹⁵ Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. sdorbala@bwh.harvard.edu.

PMID: 32415626
PMCID: PMC7227175
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-020-02123-2

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Key steps to minimizing COVID-19 exposure during the patient’s journey through the nuclear cardiology laboratory

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