A virtual-hybrid approach to launching a cardio-oncology clinic during a pandemic
Co-authored by Sherry-Ann Brown (with Sahishnu Patel, David Rayan, Svetlana Zaharova, Mingqian Lin, Tarek Nafee, Bipin Sunkara, Ragasnehith Maddula, James MacLeod, Krishna Doshi, Joshua Meskin, David Marks, and Jorge Saucedo)
The team conceptualized a Virtual-Hybrid Approach including three arms: information seeking in locations with existing Cardio-Oncology clinics, information gathering at the location for a new clinic, and information sharing to report clinic-building outcomes. A retrospective review of outcomes included collection and synthesis of data from the first 3 months (at pandemic peak) on types of appointments, cancers, drugs, and cardiotoxicities. Data were presented using descriptive statistics.
Change in left atrial pressure (LAP) has been shown to be associated with symptom improvement post-MitraClip; however, the association between acute procedural changes in transmitral diastolic mean gradient (MG) compared to LAP and symptom improvement is not well established.