Cath labs ‘prepare for the worst’: CSANZ guidance on COVID-19

Cardiac catheterisation labs are being asked to prepare for the worst-case scenario in a bid to stem the collapse of critical interventional services amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first Australian consensus guidance on how catheterisation labs should prepare for COVID-19...

Cardiac catheterisation labs are being asked to prepare for the worst-case scenario in a bid to stem the collapse of...

Hypertension

Seasonal pattern in hypertension has implications for diagnosis and treatment

Patients with newly diagnosed hypertension may be at risk of under-treatment if their therapy begins in winter according to a new study linking changes in blood pressure levels by season. Researchers from The George Institute of Global Health in Sydney who...

Patients with newly diagnosed hypertension may be at risk of under-treatment if their therapy begins in winter according to a...

Research

Clinical trials stall as COVID-19 deters clinician-patient contact

As attention is focussed on urgent research to find a vaccine or treatments for SARS-CoV-2, other medical research is likely to suffer due to the general disruption caused by...

As attention is focussed on urgent research to find...

Heart disease

Clinical guidance for COVID-19 cardiovascular care: ACC advice for cardiology teams

Re-thinking the risk benefit of some cardiovascular procedures in the COVID-19 pandemic environment is advised by the American College of Cardiology in newly published supplementary guidelines Among the recommendations in its COVID-19 Clinical Guidance For the Cardiovascular Care Team is that...

Re-thinking the risk benefit of some cardiovascular procedures in the COVID-19 pandemic environment is advised by the American College of...