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Review
. 2020 May-Jun;72(3):145-150.
doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2020.05.016. Epub 2020 May 26.

Cardiological society of India document on safety measure during echo evaluation of cardiovascular disease in the time of COVID-19

Rakesh Gupta  1 , Mrinal Kanti Das  2 , P P Mohanan  3 , Pradip K Deb  4 , S K Parashar  5 , H K Chopra  6 , Sameer Shrivastava  7 , Santanu Guha  8 , Kewal C Goswami  9 , Rakesh Yadav  9 , R Alagesan  10 , V Amuthan  11 , M Bansal  12 , R N Chakraborty  13 , N Chakraborti  13 , S Chandra  14 , A Chatterjee  15 , D Chatterjee  16 , S S Chatterjee  17 , A L Dutta  18 , A De  19 , A Garg  20 , V K Garg  21 , A Goyal  22 , N K Goyal  23 , S C Govind  24 , V K Gupta  25 , Pradeep K Hasija  26 , A Jabir  27 , P Jain  28 , V Jain  29 , P B Jayagopal  30 , R R Kasliwal  31 , V K Katyal  32 , P G Kerkar  33 , Amal Kumar Khan  34 , N N Khanna  35 , M Mandal  36 , B Majumder  37 , S S Mishra  38 , C B Meena  39 , N Naik  40 , V S Narain  14 , A K Pancholia  41 , L A Pathak  42 , C K Ponde  43 , K Raghu  44 , S Ray  45 , D Roy  16 , D Sarma  46 , S Shanmugasundarum  47 , B P Singh  48 , S Tyagi  49 , G Vijayaraghavan  50 , G S Wander  51 , Harsh Wardhan  52 , N C Nanda  53
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Cardiological society of India document on safety measure during echo evaluation of cardiovascular disease in the time of COVID-19

Rakesh Gupta et al. Indian Heart J. 2020 May-Jun.

Abstract

An echocardiographic investigation is one of the key modalities of diagnosis in cardiology. There has been a rising presence of cardiological comorbidities in patients positive for COVID-19. Hence, it is becoming extremely essential to look into the correct safety precautions, healthcare professionals must take while conducting an echo investigation. The decision matrix formulated for conducting an echocardiographic evaluation is based on presence or absence of cardiological comorbidity vis-à-vis positive, suspected or negative for COVID-19. The safety measures have been constructed keeping in mind the current safety precautions by WHO, CDC and MoHFW, India.

Keywords: COVID -19; Cardiological Society of India; Cardiovascular evaluation; Echocardiography; Safety measures.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest The author has none to declare.

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Group and category of the patients.
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Echo advised in group and category of patients.
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Distribution of echo machines.
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Group, Category & PPE for examiner.
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Personal protection equipments.
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