HRS/ACC/AHA COVID-19 Cardiac EP Guidance: Resources & Video Interview
April 3, 2020
In this 30-minute video, Andrea M. Russo, MD, FHRS; Mina K. Chung, MD, FHRS; Rakesh Gopinathannair, MA, MD, FHRS; Dhanunjaya R. Lakkireddy, MD, FHRS; and Kristen K. Patton, MD, FHRS, discuss how to triage EP procedures and use personal protective equipment to limit peri-procedural COVID-19 exposure and how to minimize COVID-19 exposure for inpatient consultations and outpatient visits. Panel discussion offers additional guidance for health care practitioners taking care of patients with heart rhythm disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic.
HRS/ACC/AHA COVID-19 Practice Guidance Interview from Heart Rhythm Society on Vimeo.
HRS Recommended Resources
- HRS COVID-19 Challenges & Solutions
- Guidance for Cardiac Electrophysiology During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic from the Heart Rhythm Society COVID-19 Task Force; Electrophysiology Section of the American College of Cardiology; and the Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association
- CDC Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- CDC Information for Healthcare Professionals
- Personal Protective Equipment Donning and Doffing Procedures and Guidance on Personal Protective Equipment
- CDC Recommendations for Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection
- COVID-19 Global Cases
- Drug Interactions with Experimental COVID-19 Therapies (Including Antiarrhythmic Drugs)
- Resource from China on Fighting COVID-19
For More Information
Andrea M. Russo, MD, FHRS
Director of Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Services at Cooper University Hospital, Director of the CCEP Fellowship Program and Professor of Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, New Jersey
Mina K. Chung, MD, FHRS
Professor of Medicine in the Section of Pacing and Electrophysiology, The Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart & Vascular Institute; Department of Molecular Cardiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Rakesh Gopinathannair, MA, MD, FHRS
Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute & Research Foundation, Overland Park, Kansas
Dhanunjaya R. Lakkireddy, MD, FHRS
Executive Medical Director, Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute & Research Foundation, Overland Park, Kansas
Kristen K. Patton, MD, FHRS
Professor of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington