Safe Echocardiographic Practice in Hamad Medical Corporation during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Mohammed Abdulla A Al-Hashemi; Smitha Anil Kumar; Mohd Abdulla M Y Al-Mohamadi; Ma Leni B Garcia; Sherif Mahmoud Helmy

doi:10.4103/HEARTVIEWS.HEARTVIEWS_111_20

Safe Echocardiographic Practice in Hamad Medical Corporation during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Heart Views. 2020 Jul-Sep;21(3):225-228. doi: 10.4103/HEARTVIEWS.HEARTVIEWS_111_20. Epub 2020 Oct 13.

Authors

Mohammed Abdulla A Al-Hashemi¹, Smitha Anil Kumar¹, Mohd Abdulla M Y Al-Mohamadi¹, Ma Leni B Garcia¹, Sherif Mahmoud Helmy¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.

PMID: 33688416
PMCID: PMC7899004
DOI: 10.4103/HEARTVIEWS.HEARTVIEWS_111_20

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has strained our healthcare system. Certain changes in practice were mandatory to protect our sonographers who carry a very high risk of being infected, and the patients whom we serve. This article aims to share this experience with you.

Keywords: COVID-19; echocardiography; safe practice.