Our exceptional Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center team is doing tremendous work to support our patients during the COVID-19 crisis, including providing social work and mental health resources to address their anxiety.
Our team is also partnering with the Cardiology Teaching Service, led by Greg Serrao, MD. Recently, they helped admit and then manage a young patient in his 20s with only one functioning ventricle and underlying liver fibrosis.
This is a severely complex congenital heart lesion. The patient came in with COVID-19 symptoms and as a high risk patient, was likely to deteriorate rapidly. He was cared for in a timely manner and is now being discharged.
This required multidisciplinary care on many fronts and speaks of how well the Mount Sinai Heart team comes together in times of need. Kudos to all and for saving the life of a young congenital heart disease patient! Thank you Dr. Serrao; Alice Chan, NP; Amy Coleman, LCSW; Lindsay Nortman, RN; Ron Williams; Rajvi Kadakia, PA; and Barry Love, MD.
Ali Zaidi, MD, Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Mount Sinai Heart