COVID-19 Cardiology Coalition

Welcome to the COVID-19 Cardiology Coalition website.

This website is managed and run by cardiology fellows from all over the United States. Our objective is to increase awareness of evidence based cardiovascular implications of COVID-19 syndrome. This website is still in development. All data on this website was sourced by cardiovascular fellows.

Feel free to use and share anything here that can help. If you have any suggestions or advice please feel free to reach out at cardiocovidfellows@gmail.com.

Nationwide Distribution of CCC Members



CCC Objectives

1. Raise awareness around the new ‘front line’ in the war against COVID: young physicians across specialties whose expertise may not lie in critical care

2. Highlight a new digital-first community emerging among cardiology fellows to facilitate knowledge sharing, provide unified guidance, and promote better safety practices

3. Encourage the public to support these new faces of medicine -- #StayAtHome and #WearRedMondays, beginning on National Doctor’s Day (Monday 3/30).

Context

A new digital community for cardiologists in training has emerged during the initial phase of this global pandemic - the COVID-19 Cardiology Coalition (CCC) - bringing 250 fellows from across the country together to educate and support each other during the COVID crisis.

As the world comes to grips with the magnitude of the crisis, it’s become increasingly clear that medical professionals are the front line in this war. Many of these professionals are young, still in training, passionate about helping, but feeling underprepared for their newly expanded roles. There is no textbook here. No single person has “ground truth”. No single institution has definitive guidelines. These fellows cannot wait for vaccines and randomized controlled trials -- they simply don’t have the time. They need to rapidly accelerate their learning through real time knowledge sharing. This way, they will be better equipped to treat our patients and to address the emotional rollercoaster of being on the front lines.

1.Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Volume Changes During COVID-19—Findings from a Cardiovascular Fellows Consortium

https://www.ajconline.org/article/S0002-9149(20)30565-8/fulltext

Kadavath S, Mohan J, Ashraf S, Kassier A, Hawwass D, Madan N, Salehi N, Bernardo M, Mawri S, Rehman KA, Ya'qoub L, Strobel A, Dixon SR, Siraj A, Messenger J, Spears JR, Lopez-Candales A, Madder R, Bailey SR, Alaswad K, Kim MC, Safian RD, Alraies MC.2020 Sep 1;130:168-169

2.How The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Affected Cardiology Fellow Training

https://www.ajconline.org/article/S0002-9149(21)00322-2/fulltext

Kadavath S MD , Hawwas D MD , Strobel A MD , Mohan J DO , Bernardo M MD , Kassier A MD ,Ya’qoub L MD , Madan N MD MPH , Ashraf S MD , Salehi N MD , Mawri S MD MS , Abdur Rehman K MD , Siraj A MD , Alraies C MD MPH , Saad M MD PhD , Aronow H MD

doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.03.052