Guidance for cardiac electrophysiology during the 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

Lakkireddy, Dhanunjaya; Chung, Mina K.; Gopinathannair, Rakesh; Patton, Kristen K.; Gluckman, Ty J.; Turagam, Mohit K.; Cheung, Jim W.; Patel, Parin J.; Sotomonte, Juan C.; Lampert, Rachel; Han, Janet K.; Rajagopalan, Bharath; Eckhardt, Lee L.; Joglar, José A.; Sandau, Kristin E.; Olshansky, Brian; Wan, Elaine; Noseworthy, Peter A.; Leal, Miguel A.; Kaufman, Elizabeth S.; Gutiérrez, Alejandra; Marine, Joseph E.; Wang, Paul J.; Russo, Andrea M.

doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2020.03.028

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“…Also, medications are currently used empirically to treat COVID-19 may have side effects and drug interactions, e.g., chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are known to prolong the QT interval which can potentially lead to fatal side effects [72]. Close monitoring of ECG is therefore required for COVID-19 patients with QT prolonging medications [73]. Furthermore, wearable based tele-ECG monitoring instead of standard vital sign checks by medical staff can potentially reduce cross-infections through reducing staff to patient contact.…”

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“…With a surge of COVID-19 case at the time of writing, the United States has transitioned rapidly to telemedicine by relaxing prior telemedicine rules [162]. There are also specific guidelines recommending telehealth and remote checks whenever feasible to reduce direct contact as well as to limit the time and personnel resource in clinic rooms [73].…”

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“…Telemedicine is the use of telecommunications to diagnose and treat diseases [175]. At the present time, telemedicine can be delivered by phone and secure telecommunication platforms [73]. For patients with mild illness and the vulnerable population with comorbidities, telemedicine can provide them the required care while minimizing exposure.…”

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“…13) [5]. This strategy was formulated in accordance with the recommendations from PUMCH and the guidance for cardiac electrophysiology jointly published by the Heart Rhythm Society, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association [73]. This strategy is advantageous in resource conservation by remote delivery of care and management of affected patients via telehealth.…”

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Wearable Sensing and Telehealth Technology with Potential Applications in the Coronavirus Pandemic

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a pandemic with serious clinical manifestations including death.A pandemic at the large-scale like COVID-19 places extraordinary demands on the world's health systems, dramatically devastates vulnerable populations, and critically threatens the global communities in an unprecedented way. While tremendous efforts at the frontline are placed on detecting the virus, providing treatments and developing vaccines, it is also critically important to examine the technologies and systems for tackling disease emergence, arresting its spread and especially the strategy for diseases prevention. The objective of this article is to review enabling technologies and systems with various application scenarios for handling the COVID-19 crisis. The article will focus specifically on 1) wearable devices suitable for monitoring the populations at risk and those in quarantine, both for evaluating the health status of caregivers and management personnel, and for facilitating triage processes for admission to hospitals; 2) unobtrusive sensing systems for detecting the disease and for monitoring patients with relatively mild symptoms whose clinical situation could suddenly worsen in improvised hospitals; and 3) telehealth technologies for the remote monitoring and diagnosis of COVID-19 and related diseases. Finally, further challenges and opportunities for future directions of development are highlighted.

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“…As per the recent consensus statement from the Heart Rhythm Society, American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology, only urgent and emergent procedures were performed during the current upswing of the COVID‐19 infection curve to minimize virus transmission between patients and providers 7 . Emergent procedures according to clinical discretion may include cardioversion, implantation of temporary or permanent pacemaker (PPM), or ablation for arrhythmias refractory to medical management.…”

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