Use of Satellite-Sites for Percutaneous Cardiac Ablations (the Hub-and-Spoke Model): Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic

Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2023 Nov;16(11):e010126. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.123.010126. Epub 2023 Oct 19.

Authors

Ven Gee Lim^{1

2}, Hejie He^{1

2}, Thomas Lachlan^{1

2}, Ahmed Ammar³, William Foster³, Sandeep Panikker^{1

2}, Tarv Dhanjal^{1

2}, Shamil Yusuf¹, Kiran Patel^{1

2}, Faizel Osman^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Cardio-Metabolic Medicine Research Institute, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, United Kingdom (V.G.L., H.H., T.L., S.P., T.D., S.Y., K.P., F.O.).
² Division of Medical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick (V.G.L., H.H., T.L., S.P., T.D., K.P., F.O.).
³ Department of Cardiology, Worcester Royal Hospital, Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, United Kingdom (A.A., W.F.).

PMID: 37855158
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.123.010126

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiac ablations; cardiovascular disease; hub-and-spoke model; safety; same-day procedures.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Delivery of Health Care
Humans
Pandemics