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M L Kourouma - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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impact of the covid 19 pandemic on the activities of the Cardiology department of the ignace deen national hospital at the conakry university hospital impact de la pandemie de covid 19 sur les activites du Service de cardiologie de l hopital national ignace deen du chu de conakry
Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris), 2021Co-Authors: I S Barry, E Y Balde, M Beavogui, A Camara, A Samoura, K Koivogui, D Koivogui, M Soumaoro, A Sow, M L KouroumaAbstract:The new coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is the main global health crisis of our time and the greatest threat we have faced in this century. According to the National Health Security Agency (ANSS), which is the national body responsible for managing epidemics and pandemics, 1927 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed, 11 deaths with more than 4000 contact subjects. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the activities of the Cardiology department of the Ignace Deen National Hospital at the Conakry University Hospital. This was a descriptive retrospective study from January 2020 to April 2020, focusing on consultation and hospitalisation activities in the Cardiology department of Ignace Deen National Hospital at Conakry University Hospital. The study consisted of assessing the impact of the pandemic on patient use of the Service during the first weeks of the pandemic. We recorded the frequency of consultations and hospitalisations from March to April 2020, which we compared to the frequency of consultations and hospitalisations in January and February 2020. During this study from March to April 2020, we identified 130 patients in consultation against 450 patients for the two months preceding the official declaration of the pandemic in Guinea, a drop of 71.1% (320 patients). The same remark was made in hospitalisation with a drop of 75% (35 patients against 140 for the two months preceding the pandemic). At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Guinea, it is clear that there has been a rapid and significant drop in the effective use of the Cardiology Service.
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impact de la pandemie de covid 19 sur les activites du Service de cardiologie de l hopital national ignace deen du chu de conakry impact of the covid 19 pandemic on the activities of the Cardiology department of the ignace deen national hospital at the conakry university hospital
Annales De Cardiologie Et D Angeiologie, 2020Co-Authors: I S Barry, E Y Balde, M Beavogui, A Camara, A Samoura, K Koivogui, D Koivogui, M Soumaoro, A Sow, M L KouroumaAbstract:The new coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is the main global health crisis of our time and the greatest threat we have faced in this century. According to the National Health Security Agency (ANSS), which is the national body responsible for managing epidemics and pandemics, 1927 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed, 11 deaths with more than 4000 contact subjects. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the activities of the Cardiology department of the Ignace Deen National Hospital at the Conakry University Hospital. This was a descriptive retrospective study from January 2020 to April 2020, focusing on consultation and hospitalisation activities in the Cardiology department of Ignace Deen National Hospital at Conakry University Hospital. The study consisted of assessing the impact of the pandemic on patient use of the Service during the first weeks of the pandemic. We recorded the frequency of consultations and hospitalisations from March to April 2020, which we compared to the frequency of consultations and hospitalisations in January and February 2020. During this study from March to April 2020, we identified 130 patients in consultation against 450 patients for the two months preceding the official declaration of the pandemic in Guinea, a drop of 71.1% (320 patients). The same remark was made in hospitalisation with a drop of 75% (35 patients against 140 for the two months preceding the pandemic). At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Guinea, it is clear that there has been a rapid and significant drop in the effective use of the Cardiology Service.
Manuel Pan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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mapping interventional Cardiology in europe the european association of percutaneous cardiovascular interventions eapci atlas project
European Heart Journal, 2020Co-Authors: Emanuele Barbato, Marko Noc, Andreas Baumbach, Dariusz Dudek, Matjaz Bunc, Emmanouil Skalidis, Adrian P Banning, Jacek Legutko, Nils Witt, Manuel PanAbstract:AIMS The European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) Atlas of Interventional Cardiology has been developed to map interventional practice across European Society of Cardiology (ESC) member countries. Here we present the main findings of a 16-country survey in which we examine the national availability of interventional infrastructure, human resource, and procedure volumes. METHODS AND RESULTS Sixteen ESC member countries participated in the EAPCI Atlas survey. Interventional data were collected by the National Cardiac Society of each participating country. An annual median of 5131 [interquartile range (IQR) 4013-5801] diagnostic heart procedures per million people were reported, ranging from 7000 in Turkey and Germany. Procedure rates showed significant correlation (r = 0.67, P = 0.013) with gross national income (GNI) per capita. An annual median of 2478 (IQR 1690-2633) percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) per million people were reported, ranging from 3000 in Switzerland, Poland, and Germany. Procedure rates showed significant correlation with GNI per capita (r = 0.62, P = 0.014). An annual median of 48.2 (IQR 29.1-105.2) transcatheter aortic valve implantation procedures per million people were performed, varying from 100 per million people in Denmark, France, Switzerland, and Germany. Procedure rates showed significant correlation with national GNI per capita (r = 0.92, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION The first report from the EAPCI Atlas has shown considerable international heterogeneity in interventional Cardiology procedure volumes. The heterogeneity showed association with national economic resource, a reflection no doubt of the technological costs of developing an interventional Cardiology Service.
I S Barry - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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impact of the covid 19 pandemic on the activities of the Cardiology department of the ignace deen national hospital at the conakry university hospital impact de la pandemie de covid 19 sur les activites du Service de cardiologie de l hopital national ignace deen du chu de conakry
Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris), 2021Co-Authors: I S Barry, E Y Balde, M Beavogui, A Camara, A Samoura, K Koivogui, D Koivogui, M Soumaoro, A Sow, M L KouroumaAbstract:The new coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is the main global health crisis of our time and the greatest threat we have faced in this century. According to the National Health Security Agency (ANSS), which is the national body responsible for managing epidemics and pandemics, 1927 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed, 11 deaths with more than 4000 contact subjects. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the activities of the Cardiology department of the Ignace Deen National Hospital at the Conakry University Hospital. This was a descriptive retrospective study from January 2020 to April 2020, focusing on consultation and hospitalisation activities in the Cardiology department of Ignace Deen National Hospital at Conakry University Hospital. The study consisted of assessing the impact of the pandemic on patient use of the Service during the first weeks of the pandemic. We recorded the frequency of consultations and hospitalisations from March to April 2020, which we compared to the frequency of consultations and hospitalisations in January and February 2020. During this study from March to April 2020, we identified 130 patients in consultation against 450 patients for the two months preceding the official declaration of the pandemic in Guinea, a drop of 71.1% (320 patients). The same remark was made in hospitalisation with a drop of 75% (35 patients against 140 for the two months preceding the pandemic). At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Guinea, it is clear that there has been a rapid and significant drop in the effective use of the Cardiology Service.
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impact de la pandemie de covid 19 sur les activites du Service de cardiologie de l hopital national ignace deen du chu de conakry impact of the covid 19 pandemic on the activities of the Cardiology department of the ignace deen national hospital at the conakry university hospital
Annales De Cardiologie Et D Angeiologie, 2020Co-Authors: I S Barry, E Y Balde, M Beavogui, A Camara, A Samoura, K Koivogui, D Koivogui, M Soumaoro, A Sow, M L KouroumaAbstract:The new coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is the main global health crisis of our time and the greatest threat we have faced in this century. According to the National Health Security Agency (ANSS), which is the national body responsible for managing epidemics and pandemics, 1927 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed, 11 deaths with more than 4000 contact subjects. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the activities of the Cardiology department of the Ignace Deen National Hospital at the Conakry University Hospital. This was a descriptive retrospective study from January 2020 to April 2020, focusing on consultation and hospitalisation activities in the Cardiology department of Ignace Deen National Hospital at Conakry University Hospital. The study consisted of assessing the impact of the pandemic on patient use of the Service during the first weeks of the pandemic. We recorded the frequency of consultations and hospitalisations from March to April 2020, which we compared to the frequency of consultations and hospitalisations in January and February 2020. During this study from March to April 2020, we identified 130 patients in consultation against 450 patients for the two months preceding the official declaration of the pandemic in Guinea, a drop of 71.1% (320 patients). The same remark was made in hospitalisation with a drop of 75% (35 patients against 140 for the two months preceding the pandemic). At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Guinea, it is clear that there has been a rapid and significant drop in the effective use of the Cardiology Service.
Emanuele Barbato - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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mapping interventional Cardiology in europe the european association of percutaneous cardiovascular interventions eapci atlas project
European Heart Journal, 2020Co-Authors: Emanuele Barbato, Marko Noc, Andreas Baumbach, Dariusz Dudek, Matjaz Bunc, Emmanouil Skalidis, Adrian P Banning, Jacek Legutko, Nils Witt, Manuel PanAbstract:AIMS The European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) Atlas of Interventional Cardiology has been developed to map interventional practice across European Society of Cardiology (ESC) member countries. Here we present the main findings of a 16-country survey in which we examine the national availability of interventional infrastructure, human resource, and procedure volumes. METHODS AND RESULTS Sixteen ESC member countries participated in the EAPCI Atlas survey. Interventional data were collected by the National Cardiac Society of each participating country. An annual median of 5131 [interquartile range (IQR) 4013-5801] diagnostic heart procedures per million people were reported, ranging from 7000 in Turkey and Germany. Procedure rates showed significant correlation (r = 0.67, P = 0.013) with gross national income (GNI) per capita. An annual median of 2478 (IQR 1690-2633) percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) per million people were reported, ranging from 3000 in Switzerland, Poland, and Germany. Procedure rates showed significant correlation with GNI per capita (r = 0.62, P = 0.014). An annual median of 48.2 (IQR 29.1-105.2) transcatheter aortic valve implantation procedures per million people were performed, varying from 100 per million people in Denmark, France, Switzerland, and Germany. Procedure rates showed significant correlation with national GNI per capita (r = 0.92, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION The first report from the EAPCI Atlas has shown considerable international heterogeneity in interventional Cardiology procedure volumes. The heterogeneity showed association with national economic resource, a reflection no doubt of the technological costs of developing an interventional Cardiology Service.
Kevin Fox - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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are rapid access Cardiology clinics a valued part of a district Cardiology Service
International Journal of Cardiology, 2009Co-Authors: Kevin Fox, Joanna N Tenkorang, Angela Rogers, David R WoodAbstract:Abstract Background Improved processes of referral from Primary Care are an important part of a strategy to reduce the population burden of cardiovascular disease. A unique Service of rapid access clinics, where primary care practitioners can refer patients to a daily secondary care Cardiology Service without appointment has been established at Charing Cross Hospital in West London. Previous data have shown the effectiveness of this Service in diagnosing and risk stratifying patients with suspected cardiac disease. We evaluated Primary Care and Patient views on this Service. Methods A patient survey of a cohort of 1223 patients recruited to a follow up study of individuals seen over 1 year in the Service and qualitative in-depth interviews of a randomised sample of 10 out of 82 referring Primary Care Practitioners was performed. Results Less than 2% of patients had a negative experience of the Service. Most patients did not have to revisit the Primary Care Practitioner for the same symptom. Primary Care Practitioners were overwhelmingly positive about the ease of access. They viewed positively the ability to obtain prompt diagnosis or reassurance. The heart failure Service was used least but this was the most challenging condition to diagnose. There were concerns about nurse specialist based Services and restriction to ‘first presentations'. Communication about the Service could be improved. Conclusions A ‘no appointment', one stop, rapid access Service for the diagnosis and risk stratification of suspected new cardiac disease is viewed very positively by patients and Primary Care Practitioners.
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a rapid access Cardiology Service for chest pain heart failure and arrhythmias accurately diagnoses cardiac disease and identifies patients at high risk a prospective cohort study
Heart, 2006Co-Authors: Joanna N Tenkorang, Kevin Fox, T Collier, David A WoodAbstract:Objective: To conduct a one year follow up study of patients seen in a combined rapid access chest pain, arrhythmia and heart failure clinic. Methods: Local general practitioners, accident and emergency department clinicians and other hospital clinicians were invited to refer patients with a new presentation of chest pain, palpitations and suspected cardiac-induced breathlessness to the rapid access Cardiology clinics at Charing Cross Hospital, London, on a one-stop, no appointment basis. Consent to be followed up by a postal questionnaire one year later was sought from all patients attending between 1 November 2002 and 31 October 2003. Results: 1223 patients were seen in the 12 month study period. 940 (77%) consented to one year follow up. 216 (23%) patients had a diagnosis of definite cardiac, 621 (66%) of not cardiac and 103 of possible cardiac disease (11%). 98% of patients diagnosed “not cardiac” did not receive a diagnosis of cardiac disease over the following 12 months. Of patients with diagnosed definite cardiac disease, one year cardiac mortality was 7 of 216 (3%), compared with an age- and sex-matched expected cardiac mortality of 0.9% (standardised mortality ratio 3.5, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.4 to 7.2). For patients with an initial diagnosis of possible or not cardiac disease, cardiac mortality at one year was 0.3% compared with an expected cardiac mortality of 0.4% (standardised mortality ratio 0.8, 95% CI 0.1 to 2.8). Conclusions: A rapid access Cardiology clinic accurately diagnoses and risk stratifies patients into those with cardiac disease at high risk of cardiac death and those without significant cardiac disease.