Coronavirus (COVID-19)
This page contains medical information for clinicians on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19, also called 2019-nCoV, and now clinically SARS‐CoV‐2). This section includes articles that pertain to clinicians and cardiologists on the virus, new technologies being deployed to fight the virus and clinical information from various sources. Here are direct links for medical professionals to COVID-19 resources from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Daily world-wide statistics on the coronavirus outbreak are available from the WHO Situations Reports. Here is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) frequently asked questions and answers (FAQs) for healthcare providers regarding Medicare payment for laboratory tests and other services related to the COVID-19.
News | Interventional Radiology | March 09, 2020 | Melinda Taschetta-Millane
March 9, 2020 — As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) slowly spreads across the globe, more industry conferences are...
Feature | ACC | March 09, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
March 9, 2020 — Less than week after the American College of Cardiology (ACC) said it would push ahead with holding its...
AI vendor Infravision's InferRead CT Pneumonia software uses artificial intelligence-assisted diagnosis tp improve the overall efficiency of the radiology department. It is being delayed in China as a high sensitivity detection aid for novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19).
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | February 28, 2020
February 28, 2020 — New healthcare technologies are being implemented in the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID...
An illustration of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) from the CDC.
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | February 25, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it is working to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus...
A 3-D rendering created from the chest CT scan of a 41-year-old coronavirus patient in China showing ground-glass opacities in several areas of the lungs from the coronavirus pneumonia. This was from one of the first medical imaging studies published on COVID-19 in the journal Radiology.
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | February 20, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
(Article updated May 27, 2020)
February 20, 2020 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) released a clinical...
