A clinical guidance for the management of cardiac patients in the COVID-19 pandemic

Bangladesh Society of Cardiovascular Intervention (BSCI)

15 April, 2020

On behalf of the Bangladesh Society of Cardiovascular Intervention, it is our tremendous pleasure to inform you that, a clinical guidance for the management of cardiac patients in COVID 19 pandemic is launched on 15th April 2020. We look forward to engaging with you through this clinical guidance and encourage your contribution and enhancing the patients’ care in COVID 19 pandemic. We believe it will serve as a clinical practice guideline for cardiovascular healthcare professionals, with a focus on modify-ing standard practice of care during the COVID 19 pandemic. This is an evolving document based on currently available global data and is tailored to healthcare systems in Bangladesh. We are grateful to our esteemed cardiologists for their outstanding contribution. We request every cardiologist/hospital who will treat COVID 19 with cardiovascular diseases to follow this clinical guidance as stipulated by national guidelines on clinical management of Coronavirus Diseases 2019(COVID 19) published by the the Direc-tor General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of Bangladesh. This evolving document will regularly be updated and cardiologists are advised to keep up-to-date with current data from various parts of the world. We welcome every suggestion and feedback on this document.