Publications

Authors:

Castaldi, Biagio; Sirico, Domenico; Meliota, Giovanni; Vairo, Ugo; Luciani, Giovanni Battista; Pilati, Mara; Russo, Maria Giovanna; Limongelli, Giuseppe; Favilli, Silvia; Santoro, Giuseppe; Guccione, Paolo; Rinelli, Gabriele; Agnoletti, Gabriella; Carminati, Mario; Flocco, Serena; Donti, Andrea; Assenza, Gabriele Egidy; Ciuffreda, Matteo; Saitta, Michele; Di Salvo, Giovanni; Formigari, Roberto

Title:

Impact of hard lockdown on interventional cardiology procedures in congenital heart disease: a survey on behalf of the Italian Society of Congenital Heart Disease

Year:

2021

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Referee:

No

Name of journal:

JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE (HAGERSTOWN, MD.)

ISSN of journal:

1558-2027

N° Volume:

22

Number or Folder:

9

Page numbers:

701-705

Keyword:

congenital heart disease; COVID-19; interventional cardiology; survey; Adolescent; Adult; Civil Defense; Disease Transmission, Infectious; Female; Humans; Italy; Male; Organizational Innovation; Risk Management; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; Cardiac Surgical Procedures; Emergency Medical Services; Heart Defects, Congenital; Infection Control

Short description of contents:

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has thoroughly and deeply affected the provision of healthcare services worldwide. In order to limit the in-hospital infections and to redistribute the healthcare professionals, cardiac percutaneous intervention in Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) patients were limited to urgent or emergency ones. The aim of this article is to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Pediatric and ACHD cath laboratory activity during the so-called 'hard lockdown' in Italy. Eleven out of 12 Italian institutions with a dedicated Invasive Cardiology Unit in Congenital Heart Disease actively participated in the survey. The interventional cardiology activity was reduced by more than 50% in 6 out of 11 centers. Adolescent and ACHD patients suffered the highest rate of reduction. There was an evident discrepancy in the management of the hard lockdown, irrespective of the number of COVID-19 positive cases registered, with a higher reduction in Southern Italy compared with the most affected regions (Lombardy, Piedmont, Veneto and Emilia Romagna). Although the pandemic was brilliantly addressed in most cases, we recognize the necessity for planning new, and hopefully homogeneous, strategies in order to be prepared for an upcoming new outbreak.

Product ID:

130219

Handle IRIS:

11562/1079797

Last Modified:

November 14, 2024

Bibliographic citation:

Castaldi, Biagio; Sirico, Domenico; Meliota, Giovanni; Vairo, Ugo; Luciani, Giovanni Battista; Pilati, Mara; Russo, Maria Giovanna; Limongelli, Giuseppe; Favilli, Silvia; Santoro, Giuseppe; Guccione, Paolo; Rinelli, Gabriele; Agnoletti, Gabriella; Carminati, Mario; Flocco, Serena; Donti, Andrea; Assenza, Gabriele Egidy; Ciuffreda, Matteo; Saitta, Michele; Di Salvo, Giovanni; Formigari, Roberto, Impact of hard lockdown on interventional cardiology procedures in congenital heart disease: a survey on behalf of the Italian Society of Congenital Heart Disease «JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE (HAGERSTOWN, MD.)» , vol. 22 , n. 9 , 2021 , pp. 701-705

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