Telemedicine during coronavirus disease-19 pandemic: a paradigm shift in cardiovascular care
Introduction: Severe acute respiratory syndrome due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has overwhelmingly affected the health-care systems globally. Delivering cardiovascular care has become unusually difficult both for caregivers and physicians in these unprecedented times. Methods: We briefly revie...
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| author | Atul Kaushik Kuldeep Singh Surendra Patel Jai Bharat-Sharma Surender Deora Rahul Choudhary Akhil Dhanesh-Goel |
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| description | Introduction: Severe acute respiratory syndrome due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has overwhelmingly affected the health-care systems globally. Delivering cardiovascular care has become unusually difficult both for caregivers and physicians in these unprecedented times. Methods: We briefly reviewed how cardiac care can be delivered to patients while limiting the exposure of both patients and healthcare workers through telemedicine services. We made a comparison at our institute of outpatient services through routine and telemedicine visits. Results: We found that telemedicine can be an equally effective alternative cardiac care during the times of pandemic with no significant difference in patients profile admitted through telemedicine services. Conclusions: We concluded that telemedicine can prove to be an effective tool in delivering cardiac care by limiting exposure of both patients and physicians with better triage of cardiac patients in the situation of COVID-19 pandemic and may complement to regular cardiac care in routine times. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-58974b9870174d5b860937b9171bb42a2022-12-21T19:25:29ZengPermanyerRevista Colombiana de Cardiología2357-32602021-10-0128410.24875/RCCAR.M21000061Telemedicine during coronavirus disease-19 pandemic: a paradigm shift in cardiovascular careAtul Kaushik0Kuldeep Singh1Surendra Patel2Jai Bharat-Sharma3Surender Deora4Rahul Choudhary5Akhil Dhanesh-Goel6Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, IndiaDean Academics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, IndiaDepartment of Trauma and Emergency Cardiothoracic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, IndiaDepartment of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, IndiaDepartment of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, IndiaDepartment of Trauma and Emergency Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, IndiaDepartment of Community Medicine and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, IndiaIntroduction: Severe acute respiratory syndrome due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has overwhelmingly affected the health-care systems globally. Delivering cardiovascular care has become unusually difficult both for caregivers and physicians in these unprecedented times. Methods: We briefly reviewed how cardiac care can be delivered to patients while limiting the exposure of both patients and healthcare workers through telemedicine services. We made a comparison at our institute of outpatient services through routine and telemedicine visits. Results: We found that telemedicine can be an equally effective alternative cardiac care during the times of pandemic with no significant difference in patients profile admitted through telemedicine services. Conclusions: We concluded that telemedicine can prove to be an effective tool in delivering cardiac care by limiting exposure of both patients and physicians with better triage of cardiac patients in the situation of COVID-19 pandemic and may complement to regular cardiac care in routine times.https://www.rccardiologia.com/frame_esp.php?id=69Telemedicine. Coronavirus disease-19. Cardiovascular care. Pandemic |
| spellingShingle | Atul Kaushik Kuldeep Singh Surendra Patel Jai Bharat-Sharma Surender Deora Rahul Choudhary Akhil Dhanesh-Goel Telemedicine during coronavirus disease-19 pandemic: a paradigm shift in cardiovascular care Revista Colombiana de Cardiología Telemedicine. Coronavirus disease-19. Cardiovascular care. Pandemic |
| title | Telemedicine during coronavirus disease-19 pandemic: a paradigm shift in cardiovascular care |
| title_full | Telemedicine during coronavirus disease-19 pandemic: a paradigm shift in cardiovascular care |
| title_fullStr | Telemedicine during coronavirus disease-19 pandemic: a paradigm shift in cardiovascular care |
| title_full_unstemmed | Telemedicine during coronavirus disease-19 pandemic: a paradigm shift in cardiovascular care |
| title_short | Telemedicine during coronavirus disease-19 pandemic: a paradigm shift in cardiovascular care |
| title_sort | telemedicine during coronavirus disease 19 pandemic a paradigm shift in cardiovascular care |
| topic | Telemedicine. Coronavirus disease-19. Cardiovascular care. Pandemic |
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