Impact of COVID-19 disease on clinical research in pediatric and congenital cardiology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 triggered an unprecedented crisis affecting society at every level. Research in pediatric and congenital cardiology is currently in full development and may have been disrupted. The aim of the study was to determine the impact of COVID-19 on pediatric and congenital cardiology clinical research and to analyze decision-making and adaptation processes, from a panel of ongoing academic and industry-sponsored research at the time of the pandemic.

Methods

This observational study was carried out in April 2020, from a CHD clinical research network involving five tertiary care pediatric and congenital cardiology centers. Investigators and clinical research assistants from each participating research center completed an online survey questionnaire, and each princ

SUBMITTER: Pommier V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9020482 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature