The COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Cardio-Oncology: Results From the COVID-19 International Collaborative Network Survey

Background Re-allocation of resources during the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in delays in care delivery to patients with cardiovascular disease and cancer. The ability of health care providers to provide optimal care in this setting has not been formally evaluated. Objectives To assess the impact...

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Main Authors: Sadler, Diego, DeCara, Jeanne M, Herrmann, Joerg, Arnold, Anita, Ghosh, Arjun K, Abdel-Qadir, Husam, Yang, Eric H, SZmit, Sebastian, Akhter, Nausheen, Leja, Monika, Carolina Maria Pinto Domingues Carvalho Silva, Raikhelkar, Jayant, Brown, Sherry-Ann, O'Quinn, Rupal, Thuny, Franck, Moudgil, Rohit, Raez, Luis M, Okwuosa, Tochukwu, Andres, Daniele, Bauer, Brenton, Kondapalli, Lavanya, Ismail-Khan, Roohi, Lax, Jorge, Blaes, Anne, Nahleh, Zeina, Elson, Leah, Baldassarre, Lauren, Zaha, Vlad, Rao, Vijay, Daniel Sierra Lara, Skurka, Kerry, Dent, Susan
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Language:English
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Cardiology
Collaboration
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Oncology
Pandemics
Personal protective equipment
Telemedicine
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Summary:Background Re-allocation of resources during the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in delays in care delivery to patients with cardiovascular disease and cancer. The ability of health care providers to provide optimal care in this setting has not been formally evaluated. Objectives To assess the impact of COVID-19 resource re-allocation on scheduling, testing, elective procedures, telemedicine access, use of new COVID-19 therapies, and providers’ opinions on healthcare policies among oncology and cardiology practitioners. Methods An electronic survey was conducted by a cardio-oncology collaborative network through regional and state chapters of the American College of Cardiology , American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the International Cardio-Oncology Society. Descriptive statistics were reported by frequency and proportion for analyses, and stratified categorically by geographic region and specialty. Results 1,415 providers (43 countries) participated: 986 cardiologists, 306 oncologists, and 118 trainees/internal medicine. 63% (195/306) of oncologists vs 92% (896/976) of cardiologists reported cancellations of treatments/elective procedures (p=0.01). 46% (442/970) of cardiologists and 25% (76/303) of oncologists modified the scope of their practice (p=
DOI:10.21203/rs.3.rs-88776/v1