Catheterization Laboratory Considerations During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

Abstract

C oronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has placed an enormous strain on the health care systems of the nations where it has spread widely, with specific implications of the disease on practice in the catheterization laboratory.These implications include how we might modify practice for standard cardiac patients, those who are suspected to have COVID-19, and those with COVID-19 who have either unrelated cardiac conditions or cardiac manifestations of the disease.It merits emphasis that this is a dynamic situation and one for which there are limited data.In addition, local conditions may vary considerably.The purpose of this joint statement