Some cardiologists vow to go out with their scrubs on, says St. Vincent Heart Center’s Mary Norine Walsh, MD, as she recalls an interventional cardiologist who declared that when he left the cath lab, he’d be gone for good, not doing “office work.”
As the coronavirus resurges and mutates, healthcare leaders are striving not just to contain infection but also to avoid a repeat of the financial devastation many hospitals suffered in 2020 when their facilities closed to nonemergent care.
Our understanding of COVID-19 has evolved greatly since its first appearance in the U.S. in early 2020. Though our knowledge remains incomplete, we’ve learned a lot about the pathophysiology of the virus—especially its unique effects on the heart.
