Cardiological Society of India: Document on acute MI care during COVID-19
P.G. Kerkar, Nitish Naik, Thomas H. Alexander, Vinay K. Bahl, Rajarshi Chakraborty, Swastika Chatterjee, H K Chopra, S. Dani, Pradip Kumar Deb, Kewal C. Goswami, Santanu Guha, Raghav Gupta, Varun Gupta, P.K. Hasija, P.B. Jayagopal, G. Justin Paul, Dhiman Kahali, V K Katyal, Narendra N. Khanna, Manoranjan Mandal, SMRUTIREKHA MISHRA, P.P. Mohanan, Ajit Mullasari, Shivani Mehta, A K Pancholia, Suvendra Kumar Ray, Debabrata Roy, S. Shanmugasundarm, Sanjeev Sharma, B. P. Singh, Shikha Tewari, Surbhi Tyagi, K Venugopal, Gurpreet Singh Wander, Rakhee Yadav, Mrinal Kanti Das
Abstract
The unprecedented and rapidly spreading Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has challenged public health care systems globally. Based on worldwide experience, India has initiated a nationwide lockdown to prevent the exponential surge of cases. During COVID-19, management of cardiovascular emergencies like acute Myocardial Infarction (MI) may be compromised. Cardiological Society of India (CSI) has ventured in this moment of crisis to evolve a consensus document for care of acute MI. However, this care should be individualized, based on local expertise and governmental advisories.