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cord-333554-0wlgg450	Curzen, Nick	An Extended Statement by the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society President Regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic	2020-04-16		.txt	text/plain	698	43	59	The presidents of BCS and BCIS have released a joint statement of support and advice to our members, and have contributed to an NHS England statement about recommendations for ongoing cardiology activities. We suggest that clinical leads/senior cath lab staff have discussions across local networks regarding potential cross cover for emergency patients between local centres, in case this becomes necessary. To this end, the NHS England guidance continues to recommend primary PCI for STEMI and angiography with a view to revascularisation for all non-ST-elevation MI (NSTEMI) patients, except perhaps the lowest risk group. However, for BCIS members, it is the optimal PPE for cath lab procedures, especially primary PCI for STEMI, that has raised most anxiety and contention. For other situations the cath lab, when deemed low risk of AGP, can be regarded as an inpatient area or operating theatre with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases, and type 1 PPE is recommended for all those with direct patient contact.	./cache/cord-333554-0wlgg450.txt	./txt/cord-333554-0wlgg450.txt