Why the study?
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted outpatient surveillance, echocardiography, and timely intervention for heart valve disease, creating a large backlog and upstaging of disease.
Population
Patients with known heart valve disease (HVD) or referred with new murmurs
Design
Guideline
Key result
Restructuring outpatient services for heart valve disease post-COVID-19 requires prioritizing symptomatic severe patients, deferring stable patients, and increasing the use of virtual clinics.
Authors
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Requires prioritizing symptomatic severe valve patients with virtual expansion now; extends pandemic triage into standard post-COVID guidelines.
Provides guidance and recommendations for restructuring outpatient management and triage of patients with heart valve disease following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Shah et al. (2020) conducted a review in Heart valve disease. Restructuring outpatient services was evaluated. Restructuring outpatient services for heart valve disease post-COVID-19 requires prioritizing symptomatic severe patients, deferring stable patients, and increasing the use of virtual clinics.