Exploring Personal Protection During High-Risk PCI in a COVID-19 Patient

Luca Bettari, MD; Gaetano Pero, MD; Cristian Maiandi, MD; Antonio Messina, MD; Matteo Saccocci, MD; Marco Cirillo, MD; Giovanni Troise, MD; Elena Conti, MD; Claudio Cuccia, MD; Diego Maffeo, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Jul 2020)

Exploring Personal Protection During High-Risk PCI in a COVID-19 Patient

Luca Bettari, MD,
Gaetano Pero, MD,
Cristian Maiandi, MD,
Antonio Messina, MD,
Matteo Saccocci, MD,
Marco Cirillo, MD,
Giovanni Troise, MD,
Elena Conti, MD,
Claudio Cuccia, MD,
Diego Maffeo, MD

Affiliations

Luca Bettari, MD: Interventional Cardiology Unit, Cardiovascular Department, Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero, Brescia, Italy; Address for correspondence: Dr. Luca Bettari, Department of Cardiology, Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero, Via L. Bissolati 57, Brescia 25125, Italy.
Gaetano Pero, MD: Interventional Cardiology Unit, Cardiovascular Department, Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero, Brescia, Italy
Cristian Maiandi, MD: Interventional Cardiology Unit, Cardiovascular Department, Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero, Brescia, Italy
Antonio Messina, MD: Cardiac Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular Department, Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero, Brescia, Italy
Matteo Saccocci, MD: Cardiac Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular Department, Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero, Brescia, Italy
Marco Cirillo, MD: Cardiac Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular Department, Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero, Brescia, Italy; Heart Failure Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular Department, Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero, Brescia, Italy
Giovanni Troise, MD: Cardiac Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular Department, Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero, Brescia, Italy
Elena Conti, MD: Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Department, Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero, Brescia, Italy
Claudio Cuccia, MD: Cardiology Unit, Cardiovascular Department, Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero, Brescia, Italy
Diego Maffeo, MD: Interventional Cardiology Unit, Cardiovascular Department, Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero, Brescia, Italy

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 9
pp. 1279 – 1283

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The correct management of patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) and acute coronary syndrome is still uncertain. We describe the percutaneous treatment of an unprotected left main coronary artery in a patient who is positive for COVID-19 with unstable angina, dyspnea and fever. Particular attention will be dedicated to the measures adopted in the catheterization laboratory to protect the staff and to avoid further spread of the infection. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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