Podcast: COVID-19 & Lung Surgery Patients
In this episode of Back to Health, Jeffrey Port, MD discusses COVID-19 and patients with cardiac conditions. He offers vital information on important issues for cardiac patients such as how it affects those who have pre-existing conditions or who have had heart surgery, and the importance of continuing their medications such as ACE inhibitors and ARBs at this time. He shares information on how providers are utilizing telehealth to help people with heart conditions during the pandemic.
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