Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.15836/ccar2020.312
Staying Focused on Cardiovascular Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Diana Delić-Brkljačić
; University Hospital Centre “Sestre milosrdnice”, Zagreb, Croatia
Karlo Golubić
; University Hospital Centre “Sestre milosrdnice”, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there fewer examinations and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures were performed in patients with cardiovascular diseases. In several countries, an increase in mortality has been reported in this group of patients, both from COVID-19 and from cardiovascular diseases. It is important to continue to treat these patients and to prevent the unavailability of health care for subjective or objective reasons. Telemedicine can also help us in this, but much of the responsibility remains with the patients themselves to prevent the disease from getting worse through self-monitoring and regular therapy. We can help them by facilitating this task (telephone contacts, fixed drug combinations). It is also important to adapt healthcare to the pandemic in order to make it effective and safe for both patients and caregivers.
Keywords
COVID-19; cardiovascular diseases; mortality; healthcare
Hrčak ID:
245366
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Publication date:
28.10.2020.
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