TY - JOUR
T1 - CSANZ Position Statement on the Evaluation of Patients Presenting With Suspected Acute Coronary Syndromes During the COVID-19 Pandemic
AU - Parsonage, William A
AU - Brieger, David
AU - Hillis, Graham S
AU - Nasis, Arthur
AU - Dwyer, Nathan
AU - Wahi, Sudhir
AU - Lo, Sidney
AU - Than, Martin
AU - Kerr, Andrew
AU - Devlin, Gerard
AU - Chew, Derek K
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - A pandemic of Coronavirus-19 disease was declared by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. The pandemic is expected to place unprecedented demand on health service delivery. This position statement has been developed by the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand to assist clinicians to continue to deliver rapid and safe evaluation of patients presenting with suspected acute cardiac syndrome at this time. The position statement complements, and should be read in conjunction with, the National Heart Foundation of Australia & Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand: Australian Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes 2016: Section 2 'Assessment of Possible Cardiac Chest Pain'.
AB - A pandemic of Coronavirus-19 disease was declared by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. The pandemic is expected to place unprecedented demand on health service delivery. This position statement has been developed by the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand to assist clinicians to continue to deliver rapid and safe evaluation of patients presenting with suspected acute cardiac syndrome at this time. The position statement complements, and should be read in conjunction with, the National Heart Foundation of Australia & Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand: Australian Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes 2016: Section 2 'Assessment of Possible Cardiac Chest Pain'.
KW - Acute Coronary Syndrome/diagnosis
KW - Australia/epidemiology
KW - Betacoronavirus
KW - Cardiology/methods
KW - Communicable Disease Control/methods
KW - Consensus
KW - Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology
KW - Humans
KW - Infection Control/organization & administration
KW - New Zealand/epidemiology
KW - Pandemics/prevention & control
KW - Patient Care Management/methods
KW - Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology
KW - Societies, Medical
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85087007811&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.05.003
DO - 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.05.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 32601022
SN - 1444-2892
VL - 29
SP - e105-e110
JO - Heart, Lung & Circulation
JF - Heart, Lung & Circulation
IS - 7
ER -
