Indian Heart Journal (May 2020)
Cardiological society of India document on safety measure during echo evaluation of cardiovascular disease in the time of COVID-19
- Rakesh Gupta,
- Mrinal Kanti Das,
- P.P. Mohanan,
- Pradip K. Deb,
- S.K. Parashar,
- H.K. Chopra,
- Sameer Shrivastava,
- Santanu Guha,
- Kewal C. Goswami,
- Rakesh Yadav,
- R. Alagesan,
- V. Amuthan,
- M. Bansal,
- R.N. Chakraborty,
- N. Chakraborti,
- S. Chandra,
- A. Chatterjee,
- D. Chatterjee,
- S.S. Chatterjee,
- A.L. Dutta,
- A. De,
- A. Garg,
- V.K. Garg,
- A. Goyal,
- N.K. Goyal,
- S.C. Govind,
- V.K. Gupta,
- Pradeep K. Hasija,
- A. Jabir,
- P. Jain,
- V. Jain,
- P.B. Jayagopal,
- R.R. Kasliwal,
- V.K. Katyal,
- P.G. Kerkar,
- Amal Kumar Khan,
- N.N. Khanna,
- M. Mandal,
- B. Majumder,
- S.S. Mishra,
- C.B. Meena,
- N. Naik,
- V.S. Narain,
- A.K. Pancholia,
- L.A. Pathak,
- C.K. Ponde,
- K. Raghu,
- S. Ray,
- D. Roy,
- D. Sarma,
- S. Shanmugasundarum,
- B.P. Singh,
- S. Tyagi,
- G. Vijayaraghavan,
- G.S. Wander,
- Harsh Wardhan,
- N.C. Nanda
Affiliations
- Rakesh Gupta
- JROP Institute of Echocardiography, Ultrasound & Vascular Doppler, JROP Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., C-1/16, Ashok Vihar-II, Delhi, 110052, India; JROP Charak Heart City, MD City Hospital, Model Town Northex, Delhi, 110009, India; Corresponding author. JROP Institute of Echocardiography, Ultrasound & Vascular Doppler, JROP Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., C-1/16, Ashok Vihar-II, Delhi, 110052, India.
- Mrinal Kanti Das
- C K Birla Group of Hospitals (BMB and CMRI), Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- P.P. Mohanan
- Westfort Hi-Tech Hospital, Thrissur, Kerala, India
- Pradip K. Deb
- Daffodil Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- S.K. Parashar
- Metro Heart Hospital, Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi, India
- H.K. Chopra
- Moolchand Medcity, New Delhi, India
- Sameer Shrivastava
- Fortis Escort Heart Institute, Okhla, New Delhi, India
- Santanu Guha
- Calcutta Medical College Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Kewal C. Goswami
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
- Rakesh Yadav
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
- R. Alagesan
- K M Speciality Hospital, Chennai, India
- V. Amuthan
- Jeyalakshmi Heart Center, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India
- M. Bansal
- Medanta, The Medicity, New Delhi, India
- R.N. Chakraborty
- Medica Group of Superspeciality Hospitals, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- N. Chakraborti
- Medica Group of Superspeciality Hospitals, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- S. Chandra
- King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India
- A. Chatterjee
- NH-Imperial, Chittagong, Bangladesh
- D. Chatterjee
- Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Kolkata, India
- S.S. Chatterjee
- Cardiology Clinic, Kolkata, India
- A.L. Dutta
- Peerless Hospital. Kolkata, India
- A. De
- Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata, India
- A. Garg
- Jaipur Heart Institute, Jaipur, India
- V.K. Garg
- R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain, India
- A. Goyal
- Bani Park Hospital, Jaipur, India
- N.K. Goyal
- BLK Superspeciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
- S.C. Govind
- Narayana Healthcity, Bengaluru, India
- V.K. Gupta
- Kishori Ram Hospital & Diabetes Care Centre, Bhatinda, India
- Pradeep K. Hasija
- Military Hospital, Chennai, India
- A. Jabir
- Lisie Hospital Kochi, Kerala, India
- P. Jain
- Lifeline Superspeciality Hospital, Jhansi, India
- V. Jain
- Choithram Hospital &R.C., Indore, India
- P.B. Jayagopal
- Laxmi Hospital, Palakkad, Kerala, India
- R.R. Kasliwal
- Medanta Medicity, Gurgaon, India
- V.K. Katyal
- PGIMS, ROHTAK, India
- P.G. Kerkar
- KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
- Amal Kumar Khan
- AMRI Hospital, Salt Lake, Kolkata, India
- N.N. Khanna
- Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India
- M. Mandal
- NRS Medical College, Kolkata, India
- B. Majumder
- R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata, India
- S.S. Mishra
- Hi-Tech Medical College and Hospital, Bhubaneshwar, India
- C.B. Meena
- SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan
- N. Naik
- AIIMS, New Delhi, India
- V.S. Narain
- King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India
- A.K. Pancholia
- Arihant Hospital & Research Center, Indore, India
- L.A. Pathak
- Nanavati Heart Institute, Nanavati Superspeciality Hospital, Mumbai, India
- C.K. Ponde
- PD Hinduja National Hospital & RC, Mumbai, India
- K. Raghu
- Care Hospital, Hyderabad, India
- S. Ray
- Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences, Kolkata, India
- D. Roy
- Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Kolkata, India
- D. Sarma
- Jorhat Christian Medical Centre Hospital, Jorhat, Assam, India
- S. Shanmugasundarum
- Billroth Hospital, Chennai, India
- B.P. Singh
- IGIMS, Patna, India
- S. Tyagi
- GB Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India
- G. Vijayaraghavan
- Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Trivandrum, India
- G.S. Wander
- Hero DMC Heart Institute, Ludhiana, India
- Harsh Wardhan
- Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, India
- N.C. Nanda
- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 72,
no. 3
pp. 145 – 150
Abstract
An echocardiographic investigation is one of the key modalities of diagnosis in cardiology. There has been a rising presence of cardiological comorbidities in patients positive for COVID-19. Hence, it is becoming extremely essential to look into the correct safety precautions, healthcare professionals must take while conducting an echo investigation. The decision matrix formulated for conducting an echocardiographic evaluation is based on presence or absence of cardiological comorbidity vis-à-vis positive, suspected or negative for COVID-19. The safety measures have been constructed keeping in mind the current safety precautions by WHO, CDC and MoHFW, India.
