[Consensus Report from Turkish Society of Cardiology: COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Diseases. What cardiologists should know. (25th March 2020)]
Meryem Aktoz, Hakan Altay, Emre Aslanger, Enver Atalar, Vedat Aytekin, Ahmet Oytun Baykan, Cem Barçın, Nezihi Barış, Asiye Ayça Boyacı, Yüksel Çavuşoğlu, Ahmet Çelik, Göksel Çinier, Muzaffer Değertekin, Önder Ergönül, Mehmet Ertürk, M Kemal Erol, Bülent Görenek, Mustafa Ozan Gürsoy, Burak Hünük, Gökhan Kahveci, Can Yücel Karabay, Ilgın Karaca, Meral Kayıkçıoğlu, Muhammed Keskin, Teoman Kılıç, Cevat Kırma, Umut Kocabaş, Serdar Küçükoğlu, Bülent Mutlu, Sanem Nalbantgil, Ertuğrul Okuyan, Kaan Okyay, Deniz Kaptan Özen, Sami Özgül, Ebru Özpelit, Bahar Pirat, Sena Sert, Ümit Yaşar Sinan, Yusuf Ziya Şener, Ersan Tatlı, Ahmet İlker Tekkeşin, Eralp Tutar, Dilek Ural, Özlem Yıldırımtürk, Meryem Aktoz, Hakan Altay, Emre Aslanger, Enver Atalar, Vedat Aytekin, Ahmet Oytun Baykan, Cem Barçın, Nezihi Barış, Asiye Ayça Boyacı, Yüksel Çavuşoğlu, Ahmet Çelik, Göksel Çinier, Muzaffer Değertekin, Önder Ergönül, Mehmet Ertürk, M Kemal Erol, Bülent Görenek, Mustafa Ozan Gürsoy, Burak Hünük, Gökhan Kahveci, Can Yücel Karabay, Ilgın Karaca, Meral Kayıkçıoğlu, Muhammed Keskin, Teoman Kılıç, Cevat Kırma, Umut Kocabaş, Serdar Küçükoğlu, Bülent Mutlu, Sanem Nalbantgil, Ertuğrul Okuyan, Kaan Okyay, Deniz Kaptan Özen, Sami Özgül, Ebru Özpelit, Bahar Pirat, Sena Sert, Ümit Yaşar Sinan, Yusuf Ziya Şener, Ersan Tatlı, Ahmet İlker Tekkeşin, Eralp Tutar, Dilek Ural, Özlem Yıldırımtürk
Abstract
In December 2019, in the city of Wuhan, in the Hubei province of China, treatment-resistant cases of pneumonia emerged and spread rapidly for reasons unknown. A new strain of coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 [SARS-CoV-2]) was identified and caused the first pandemic of the 21st century. The virus was officially detected in our country on March 11, 2020, and the number of cases increased rapidly; the virus was isolated in 670 patients within 10 days. The rapid increase in the number of patients has required our physicians to learn to protect both the public and themselves when treating patients with this highly infectious disease. The group most affected by the outbreak and with the highest mortality rate is elderly patients with known cardiovascular disease. Therefore, it is necessary for cardiology specialists to take an active role in combating the epidemic. The aim of this article is to make a brief assessment of current information regarding the management of cardiovascular patients affected by COVID-19 and to provide practical suggestions to cardiology specialists about problems and questions they have frequently encountered.
Source: PubMed