Palliative Care Considerations For Patients With Cardiovascular Disease Under COVID-19

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COVID-19 has dramatically altered our world, health care systems and supply chains. Older adults with cardiovascular disease especially those over 80 years suffer disproportionately.

This pandemic has stressed the capacity of the hospital infrastructure, ICU beds and ventilatory support, post-acute and community care resources, hospital personnel and personal protection equipment. Risk stratification based on clinical and laboratory data may assist in the process of prognostication and shared decision-making. Read More.