Guidance and Best Practices for Reestablishment of Non-Emergent Care in Nuclear Cardiology Laboratories During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: An Information Statement from ASNC, IAEA, and SNMMI

Hicham Skali; Venkatesh L Murthy; Diana Paez; Elisa M Choi; Felix Y J Keng; McGhie A Iain; Mouaz Al-Mallah; Roxana Campisi; Timothy M Bateman; Ignasi Carrio; Rob Beanlands; Dennis A Calnon; Vasken Dilsizian; Maurizio Dondi; Alessia Gimelli; Robert Pagnanelli; Donna M Polk; Prem Soman; Andrew J Einstein; Sharmila Dorbala; Randall C Thompson

doi:10.2967/jnumed.120.251355

Guidance and Best Practices for Reestablishment of Non-Emergent Care in Nuclear Cardiology Laboratories During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: An Information Statement from ASNC, IAEA, and SNMMI

J Nucl Med Technol. 2021 Mar;49(1):13-18. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.120.251355.

Authors

Hicham Skali^{1

2}, Venkatesh L Murthy³, Diana Paez⁴, Elisa M Choi⁵, Felix Y J Keng⁶, McGhie A Iain⁷, Mouaz Al-Mallah⁸, Roxana Campisi⁹, Timothy M Bateman⁷, Ignasi Carrio¹⁰, Rob Beanlands¹¹, Dennis A Calnon¹², Vasken Dilsizian¹³, Maurizio Dondi⁴, Alessia Gimelli¹⁴, Robert Pagnanelli¹⁵, Donna M Polk², Prem Soman¹⁶, Andrew J Einstein¹⁷, Sharmila Dorbala^{1

2}, Randall C Thompson¹⁸

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
² Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
³ Frankel Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
⁴ Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging Section, Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria.
⁵ Atrius Health, Somerville, MA.
⁶ National Heart Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
⁷ Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO.
⁸ Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
⁹ Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Cardiovascular Imaging, Diagnostico Maipu, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Instituto Argentino de Diagnostico y Tratamiento, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
¹⁰ Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
¹¹ Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
¹² OhioHealth Heart and Vascular Physicians, Columbus, OH.
¹³ Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
¹⁴ Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Pisa, Italy.
¹⁵ Department of Radiology, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC.
¹⁶ Division of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; and.
¹⁷ Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, and Department of Radiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY.
¹⁸ Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO [email protected].

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MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Cardiology / methods*
Humans
Laboratories*
Nuclear Medicine / methods*
Pandemics*
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Risk
Safety
Societies, Medical*