Performing Structural Heart Disease Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic: But What Are the Downsides?

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Wilson W L Li et al. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 13;13(13):1606-1607.

doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2020.05.007. Epub 2020 May 12.

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Reply: Triage Considerations for Patients Referred for Structural Heart Disease Intervention During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: An ACC/SCAI Consensus Statement.
Shah PB, Welt FGP, Mahmud E, Phillips A, Anwaruddin S. Shah PB, et al. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2020 Jul 13;13(13):1607-1608. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2020.05.035. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2020. PMID: 32646705 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Triage Considerations for Patients Referred for Structural Heart Disease Intervention During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An ACC/SCAI Position Statement.
Shah PB, Welt FGP, Mahmud E, Phillips A, Kleiman NS, Young MN, Sherwood M, Batchelor W, Wang DD, Davidson L, Wyman J, Kadavath S, Szerlip M, Hermiller J, Fullerton D, Anwaruddin S; American College of Cardiology and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. Shah PB, et al. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2020 Jun 22;13(12):1484-1488. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2020.04.001. Epub 2020 Apr 6. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2020. PMID: 32250751 Free PMC article.

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