COVID-19

Health and safety are top of mind right now for providers and patients alike. Patients with underlying medical conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, hypertension, and cancer appear to be at greater risk of COVID-19 related adverse outcomes than individuals without these preexisting conditions. Providers are increasingly needing to manage patients with high blood pressure (BP) remotely. The following resources are available to your team to support BP monitoring and control during this challenging time, along with up-to-date COVID-19 resources.

Self-Measured Blood Pressure (SMBP)

• A Look at SMBP (podcast)
• SMBP Quick Start Guide
• SMBP patient training video (English and Spanish)
• SMBP Infographic for your patients (English and Spanish)
• Patient Recording Log

Information for Health Care Professionals

• COVID-19 Content: An AHA Compendium
• AMA’s COVID-19 Resource Center
• AMA’s COVID-19 guides for health care professionals
• Quick Guide to Telemedicine in Practice
• New CPT Codes to Cover SMBP
• Centers for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Information for Your Patients

Stay in the know with heart.org/coronavirus

• What heart patients should know about coronavirus (en espanol)
• Patients taking angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-i) or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) medications should continue therapy as prescribed
• VIDEO: Coronavirus: What heart and stroke patients need to know
• $2.5M for ‘fast-tracked’ COVID-19 heart and brain research
• The Ad Council’s Coronavirus Prevention Toolkit

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