COVID-19 pandemic: Clinical management protocols for cardiac disease patients at teaching institute in Western Rajasthan

Surender Deora; Pankaj Bhardwaj; Mahendra Kumar Garg

doi:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_558_20

COVID-19 pandemic: Clinical management protocols for cardiac disease patients at teaching institute in Western Rajasthan

J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 May 31;9(5):2186-2187. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_558_20. eCollection 2020 May.

Authors

Surender Deora¹, Pankaj Bhardwaj², Mahendra Kumar Garg³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
² Department of Community Medicine and Family Medicine, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
³ Department of General Medicine and Endocrinology, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.

Abstract

The world is facing the new pandemic COVID-19 caused by a novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The demography and socio-economic condition are highly varied in different parts of the world. India also has braced itself to fight with this novel threat. Patients with COVID-19 may have primary cardiac involvement or may have associated cardiac disease. Therefore, the institution needs a protocol in managing cardiac patients during this pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; Cardiac protocol; pandemic.