Caution Recommended on COVID-19 Treatment with Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin for Patients with Cardiovascular Disease
Guidance from the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology and the Heart Rhythm Society. This guidance is published in Circulation, the flagship journal of the American Heart Association; JACC, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology; and Heart Rhythm Journal, the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society.
How to provide emergency cardiovascular care, including CPR, for children with COVID-19
The American Heart Association (AHA) and American Academy of Pediatrics have now shared recommendations for providing emergency cardiovascular care, including CPR, to pediatrics patients with known or suspected COVID-19.
HFSA President’s Update: April 2020
The novel Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has affected all of us in varied ways and continues to transform our world every single day. I wanted to let you know of the actions that your society is taking during this crisis to help our members, the heart failure provider community, and our patients.
Is it COVID-19 or Is it Heart Failure?
To preserve healthcare resources and prevent vulnerable patients from being unnecessarily exposed to healthcare facilities and the Emergency Department (ED), healthcare practitioners are screening patients via virtual assessment (phone, telehealth or regionally available platforms), in order to determine the appropriate diagnostic and treatment approach.