Guidance and best practices for reestablishment of non-emergent care in nuclear cardiology laboratories during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: An information statement from ASNC, IAEA, and SNMMI : Endorsed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Hicham Skali; Venkatesh L Murthy; Diana Paez; Elisa M Choi; Felix Y J Keng; McGhie A Iain; Mouaz Al-Mallah; Roxana Campisi; Timothy M Bateman; Ignasi Carrio; Rob Beanlands; Dennis A Calnon; Vasken Dilsizian; Maurizio Dondi; Alessia Gimelli; Robert Pagnanelli; Donna M Polk; Prem Soman; Andrew J Einstein; Sharmila Dorbala; Randall C Thompson

doi:10.1007/s12350-020-02203-3

Guidance and best practices for reestablishment of non-emergent care in nuclear cardiology laboratories during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: An information statement from ASNC, IAEA, and SNMMI : Endorsed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 Oct;27(5):1855-1862. doi: 10.1007/s12350-020-02203-3. Epub 2020 Jul 24.

Authors

Hicham Skali^{1

2}, Venkatesh L Murthy³, Diana Paez⁴, Elisa M Choi⁵, Felix Y J Keng⁶, McGhie A Iain⁷, Mouaz Al-Mallah⁸, Roxana Campisi⁹, Timothy M Bateman⁷, Ignasi Carrio¹⁰, Rob Beanlands¹¹, Dennis A Calnon¹², Vasken Dilsizian¹³, Maurizio Dondi⁴, Alessia Gimelli¹⁴, Robert Pagnanelli¹⁵, Donna M Polk², Prem Soman¹⁶, Andrew J Einstein¹⁷, Sharmila Dorbala^{1

2}, Randall C Thompson¹⁸

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Frankel Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁴ Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging Section, Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria.
⁵ Atrius Health, Somerville, MA, USA.
⁶ National Heart Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
⁷ Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA.
⁸ Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
⁹ Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Cardiovascular Imaging, Diagnostico Maipu, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Instituto Argentino de Diagnostico y Tratamiento, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
¹⁰ Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
¹¹ Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
¹² OhioHealth Heart and Vascular Physicians, Columbus, OH, USA.
¹³ Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
¹⁴ Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Pisa, Italy.
¹⁵ Department of Radiology, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC, USA.
¹⁶ Division of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, and Department of Radiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁸ Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA. rthompson@saint-lukes.org.

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MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
Cardiology* / education
Clinical Laboratory Techniques
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control
Humans
Laboratories
Nuclear Medicine* / education
Pandemics / prevention & control
Personal Protective Equipment
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
SARS-CoV-2
Societies, Medical