>> THERE IS NO DOUBT THE CORONAVIRUS HAS PUT COUNTLESS HEALTHCARE NEEDS AND HOLD AND
ACCORDING TO CARDIOLOGIST AT
ORLANDO HEALTH MANY PEOPLE WITH
HEART CONDITIONS ARE HESITANT
TO SEEK HERE BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC.
>> IN PUTTING YOUR HEALTH FIRST
DURING THE PANDEMIC ALSO MEANS
TAKING CARE THE UNDERLYING
ISSUES, EVEN THE ONES THAT MAY
HAVE DEVELOPED DURING ALL OF
THIS.
IN ADDITIONS TO THE STEPS WE
TAKE TO PREVENT THIS PERIOD OF
COVID-19 SO THAT IS A LOT.
NEWS 6 MORNING ANCHOR AND HELP
REPORTER KIRSTIN O’CONNER THAT
IT WAS IMPORTANT TO TALK TO
CARDIOLOGIST ABOUT THIS TYPE OF
ISSUE IN OUR CARDIAC HEALTH SO
SHE SPOKE TO A DOCTOR, AN
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGIST,
ORLANDO’S HEALTH IN TODAY’S ASK
A DOCTOR.
>> CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY IT IS SO
IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE
ANY TYPE OF PRE-EXISTING HEART
DISEASE OR SYMPTOMS OF
SOMETHING NEW THAT COULD BE A
HEART ATTACK TO BE PAYING
ATTENTION TO THAT RIGHT NOW.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION
AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY
IMPORTANT TOPIC FOR US BECAUSE
ONE OF THE UNFORTUNATE INTENDED
CONSEQUENCES OF THE COVID-19
CRISIS OR PANDEMIC HAS BEEN BUT
HE SEEMED BOTH ANECDOTALLY AND
WITH RECENT DATA IS OF THOSE
PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC
CONDITIONS ARE NOT COMING INTO
THE HOSPITAL ANYMORE.
ANOTHER CONCERN IS IT’S FROM
EARLY DATA THAT THOSE PATIENTS
ARE NOT ACTUALLY GETTING THE
CARE THAT THEY NEED AND AS A
RESULT A LOT OF PEOPLE
PRESENTING LATER IN THEIR
DISEASE.
WHERE A PROBLEM THAT COULD HAVE
BEEN TREATED IN A MUCH MORE AND
GENTLER FASHION EARLIER NOW WE
HAVE TO TAKE MUCH MORE
AGGRESSIVE MEASURES IN ORDER TO
HELP THEM.
AND SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS
THE OUTCOME IS NOT AS GOOD AS
IT COULD’VE BEEN BEFORE.
AND SUGGESTING A SCIENTIFIC
BASIS IF YOU WILL.
ONE STUDY SUGGESTED THAT 38
PERCENT LESS PATIENTS ARE
SHOWING UP TO HOSPITALS IN A
MORE SEVERE FORM OF HEART
ATTACKS.
WE KNOW THAT HEART ATTACKS
DIDN’T GO AWAY SO WITH THAT
SUGGEST TO US IS THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE NOT JUST COMING
ANDREW LAFLEUR HAVING SEVERE,
SEVERE SYMPTOMS.
>> EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS AT THIS
POINT IS IT HAS A LOT TO DO
WITH YOUR LOANS.
SO I’M SURE PULMONOLOGIST ARE
GETTING LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
IT TYPICALLY CARDIOLOGIST AND
PULMONOLOGIST WORK CLOSELY
TOGETHER, DO THEY NOT?
>> YES.
SO THERE ARE CERTAIN
MANIFESTATIONS OF COVID-19 THAT
CAN AFFECT THE HEART.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME STUDIES
THAT THE VIRUS CAN INVADE THE
HEART MUSCLE AND CAUSE IT TO WE
CAN.
SOME EARLY STUDIES SUGGEST THAT
THERE MAY BE CLOTTING DISORDERS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE VIRUS SO
THERE’S A LOT OF DIFFERENT
MANIFESTATIONS OF THE VIRUS AND
REALLY BE A REALLY IN THE
BEGINNING STAGES OF
UNDERSTANDING HOW THE VIRUS
AFFECTS ALL THE ORGAN SYSTEMS.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO
SOMEBODY WHO MAY BE IS THINKING
I DON’T WANT TO TAKE UP A
HOSPITAL BED FOR SOMEONE WHO
NEEDS IT MORE THAN I DO?
>> FROM OUR STANDPOINT WE HAVE
ENOUGH CAPACITY TO TAKE CARE OF
ANY PATIENT THAT COMES IN
REGARDLESS OF THEIR CONDITION.
WE WERE FORTUNATE IN A SENSE
THAT WE DID NOT SEE THE VOLUME
OF COVID-19 PATIENTS THAT YOU
SEE IN NEW YORK OR ITALY AND
SUCH THAT WE DO HAVE CAPACITY
TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THE OTHER
CONDITIONS THAT NEED TO BE
TAKEN CARE OF.
>> AND THAT WAS THE DOCTOR WITH
OUR KIRSTIN O’CONNER AND HE
ALSO SAID EMERGING RESEARCH
SHOWS MORE PEOPLE ARE DYING
FROM SUDDEN CARDIAC HEALTH
EPISODES AT HOME.
WHEN THEY COULD HAVE SURVIVED
IF MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS
SOUGHT, JULIE?
>> SOME OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS
TO REMEMBER.
HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE MEDICATION
AND DIABETES MEDICINES ARE SO