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Telesupported procedures: when and how
Author(s) -
Megaly Michael,
Brilakis Emmanouil S.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.28878
Subject(s) - medicine , psychological intervention , percutaneous , intensive care medicine , key (lock) , medical emergency , catheter , percutaneous coronary intervention , medical physics , surgery , cardiology , nursing , myocardial infarction , ecology , biology
Key Points Telesupport means guidance of a procedure performed at one location by another clinician at a different location. In a pilot study, 21 percutaneous coronary interventions and nine catheter ablations were successfully performed without complications with telesupport from a remote university hospital. Telesupport is a powerful tool that can be especially useful when urgent care is needed or when transfer is not an option, but it also has limitations, such as network failure or difficulties handling complications; judicious use is key to optimizing outcomes.