Virtual multidisciplinary care for heart failure patients with cardiac resynchronization therapy devices during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Heart failure (HF) patients with CRT devices are a vulnerable patient population during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic. It is important to develop innovative virtual care models to deliver multidisciplinary care while minimizing the risk of SARS-CoV2 exposure.

Objective

We aim to provide a description of how HF patients with CRT devices were assessed and managed in our virtual multidisciplinary clinic during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Clinical outcomes between this group of patients seen in virtual clinic and a historical cohort followed by in-person multi-disciplinary clinic prior to the pandemic were compared.

Method

This is a retrospective cohort study of HF patients with CRT implants who were seen in the virtual multidisciplinary clinic fr

SUBMITTER: Zhao M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8165087 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature