Restoring Non-Emergent Cardiovascular Care in the Peri- COVID-19 Era

Restoring Non-Emergent Cardiovascular Care in the Peri-COVID 19 Era

Pre-procedure and Short-Term COVID-19 Testing of Outpatients Undergoing Non-emergent Invasive Cardiovascular Procedures

Inclusion Criteria:

• Outpatients undergoing non-emergent invasive cardiac diagnostic, cardiac interventional, peripheral diagnostic, peripheral interventional, structural heart interventional, electrophysiology diagnostic, ablation, or device implantation procedures

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous positive COVID-19 test result
• Patients with symptoms concerning for COVID-19, including (but not limited to):

Fever > 38˚C, shortness of breath and/or cough in greater severity from baseline, sore throat, anosmia / dysgeusia, vomiting/diarrhea within 24 hours prior to procedure

• Emergent status including (but not limited to) acute coronary syndromes, acute limb ischemia, stroke, need of temporary pacemaker
• Non-outpatient status including (but not limited to) patients evaluated in the hospital, observational unit, or emergency department