Cardiovascular Complications of COVID-19


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This book is the first comprehensive approach on COVID-19 cardiac complications, both during the acute phase as well as in the long-COVID period. It provides an up-to-date and highly illustrated summary of the biology of SARS-CoV-2, the course of COVID-19, risk factors that worsen the disease in COVID-19 patients, clinical features of COVID-19 patients, COVID-19 cardiological complications, treatment, and prevention methods, and long-term cardiological aspects of COVID-19. Chapters provide the reader with a contemporary perspective on the emerging links between COVID-19 and cardiovascular disease. In addition, this volume discusses the clinical implications and therapeutic goals in patients with COVID-19 and cardiac complications, as well as possible therapeutic options. It also offers clear recommendations on how to manage (both non- and pharmacologically) to avoid the increased number of COVID-19 related deaths due to CVD and its risk factors. Cardiovascular Complications of COVID-19 will be the primary resource for physicians, residents, fellows, and nursed and medical students in the fields of cardiology and COVID-19/infectious diseases as well as healthcare providers that initiate preventive activities and dedicated programs.




Cardiovascular Complications of COVID-19


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This book discusses the evidence behind the relationship between COVID-19 and heart disease based on emerging state-of-the-art data. The rapid and unexpected global spread of the COVID-19 has revealed proportional levels of cardiovascular and metabolic complications. A myriad of pathogenetic mechanisms has come to the surface. There is still much research required to define whether cardiovascular disease causes COVID-19 complications or that cardiovascular disease appears as a result of the infection and which mechanisms are responsible. With cardiovascular and metabolic diseases already at pandemic levels and expected to increase further, this book provides readers with an urgent and thorough analysis of this association. Cardiovascular Complications of COVID-19: Risk, Pathogenesis and Outcomes provides answers to the increasing numbers of questions related to heart disease in COVID-19, highlighting the association between these pandemics and including risk factors, mechanisms and how these may impact diverse patients populations. It describes how COVID-19 impacts older patients and those with metabolic illnesses such as obesity and diabetes mellitus, while providing an overview of the observed gender dichotomy among patients. It therefore represents an essential resource not only for all cardiovascular physicians but also for any healthcare professionals managing patients with these diseases or those exploring COVID-19.




COVID-19's Consequences on the Cardiovascular System


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COVID-19 Consequences on Cardiovascular System: Immediate, Intermediate, and Long-Term Complications covers all the aspects related with the interplay between SARS-COV-2 infection and the cardiovascular system, from bench to bedside and from acute infection to long-term complications. Written by a team of experts, this book is a one-stop-shop reference for both healthcare professionals and researchers who require a comprehensive view into the deleterious effects of COVID-19 on the cardiovascular system, the relationship of cardiovascular risk factors with COVID-19 prognosis, and further insights on the biomarkers that currently make it possible to predict and monitor the evolution of the disease at the cardiovascular level. Scientific evidence demonstrates that while COVID-19 primarily affects the lungs, it also affects multiple organs, particularly the cardiovascular system, with its most common complications being arrhythmia, cardiac injury, fulminant myocarditis, heart failure and pulmonary embolism. - Covers all the current scientific pieces of evidence about the effects of COVID-19 on the heart and cardiovascular system from both a basic and a clinical point of view. - Discusses immediate, intermediate, and long-term complications of COVID-19 on the cardiovascular system. - Includes studies conducted worldwide by well-known experts in related fields.




Arrhythmic and Vascular Complications of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) , An Issue of Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics, E-Book


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In this issue of Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics, guest editors Drs. Domenico G. Della Rocca, Giovanni B. Forleo, and Andrea Natale bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Arrhythmic and Vascular Complications of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Top experts in the field cover key topics such as prevalence and clinical implications of COVID-19 myocarditis; electrocardiographic and echocardiographic features of COVID-19 patients; imaging findings of COVID-19-related cardiovascular complications; the role of digital health during COVID-19 pandemic; and more. Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including prevalence, management, and outcomes of supraventricular arrhythmias in COVID-19 patients; prevalence, management, and outcomes of ventricular arrhythmias in COVID-19 patients; COVID-19 associated endothelial dysfunction and microvascular injury; COVID-19, acute myocardial injury, and infarction; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on arrhythmic and vascular complications of COVID-19, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.




Global Action Plan on Physical Activity 2018-2030


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Regular physical activity is proven to help prevent and treat noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease stroke diabetes and breast and colon cancer. It also helps to prevent hypertension overweight and obesity and can improve mental health quality of life and well-being. In addition to the multiple health benefits of physical activity societies that are more active can generate additional returns on investment including a reduced use of fossil fuels cleaner air and less congested safer roads. These outcomes are interconnected with achieving the shared goals political priorities and ambition of the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030. The new WHO global action plan to promote physical activity responds to the requests by countries for updated guidance and a framework of effective and feasible policy actions to increase physical activity at all levels. It also responds to requests for global leadership and stronger regional and national coordination and the need for a whole-of-society response to achieve a paradigm shift in both supporting and valuing all people being regularly active according to ability and across the life course. The action plan was developed through a worldwide consultation process involving governments and key stakeholders across multiple sectors including health sports transport urban design civil society academia and the private sector.




A Clinical Review: Clinical Pearls in Cardiovascular Disease and Covid-19


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Dunia saat ini sedang menghadapi epidemi severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) yang mengakibatkan outbreak penyakit pernapasan. Setelah lebih dari satu tahun pandemi global ini terjadi, per Juli 2021, setidaknya lebih dari 194 juta kasus dan tidak kurang dari 4 juta kematian dilaporkan di seluruh dunia, termasuk di antaranya 3.082.410 kasus dan 80.598 kematian di Indonesia1,2. Infeksi SARS-CoV-2 terjadi pada semua kelompok umur, tetapi faktor risiko seperti usia yang tua, jenis kelamin pria, dan komorbid penyakit kronis dikaitkan dengan luaran klinis yang buruk.




Cardiac Care and COVID-19: Perspectives in Medical Practice


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Cardiac Care and COVID-19: Perspectives in Medical Practice is an accessible reference on diagnoses and treatment modalities for cardiac diseases in general, and emergency cardiac conditions to be more specific, with respect to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Chapters in the book give updated descriptions of common problems in emergency medicine and cardiovascular disease. Each chapter is dedicated to a specific cardiovascular disease and explains management principles, diagnostic procedures and therapy. Examples of medical cases have also been used to highlight complex issues to give a concrete understanding of the cardiac care in COVID-19 patients to the medical practitioner, whether they are involved in critical care or in outpatient clinics. Key Features: - Clinical guidelines for critical care and cardiovascular management of COVID-19 patients - Topic-based information about cardiovascular diseases - Covers a range of cardiovascular problems including myocarditis, arrhythmias, chest pain, acute coronary syndrome - Information on pulmonary embolism and associated problems - Reader friendly presentation - Case-based examples for explaining concepts The range of topics combined with the simple presentation make this an essential reference for healthcare workers in emergency medicine, cardiology and nursing. General physicians interested in the cardiovascular impact of COVID-19 will also benefit from the information provided in the book.




Clinical Practice and Post-Infection Care for COVID-19 Patients


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During the COVID-19 pandemic, many coronavirus-positive patients faced myriad health issues during treatment and post treatment. Many people who lost their lives due to COVID-19 infection were also prone to other, previously established health issues including heart diseases, diabetes, hypertension, and more. It is essential to explore these different health issues and complications that patients face during and after COVID-19 treatment with respect to a global treatment group and the methods employed by healthcare professionals to help them overcome these complications with medicine and other treatments and precautions. Clinical Practice and Post-Infection Care for COVID-19 Patients creates a platform for healthcare professionals to share their experiences and treatments while handling COVID-19 patients during the pandemic and post-pandemic periods. The case studies and issues with heart patients and related diseases during the pandemic mentioned in this book can help medical care providers guide patients to take appropriate precautions well in advance of any adverse conditions, preserving their health and ability to recover. This book is ideally designed for medical practitioners, medical teachers, medical students, researchers, hospital administrators, nurses, and heart patients.




Myocardial Injury


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The chapters of this book represent contributions by plenary lecturers and invited symposium speakers of the Fourth Annual Meet ing of the American Section of the International Society for Heart Research, held on May 26-29, 1982 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The aim of the Organizing Committee was to present an up-to-date picture of our knowledge of myocardial injury which would be equally useful to basic scientists and clinicians. The papers of this volume are divided into two groups: a) those dealing primarily with techniques to study myocardial injury, and b) those that discuss the different types of myocardial lnJury. The grouping of the papers within each of these headings roughly corresponds to the symposia presented at the meeting. I wish to acknowledge the financial support of the National Institutes of Health. Without grant HL 29149, the program could not have been financed. Contributions from the following companies were also gratefully received: Ayerst Laboratories, Ciba-Geigy, Merck Sharp and Dome, Pfizer Laboratories Division, A.H. Robbin Co., Smith-Kline Corporation, U.S.V. Pharmaceutical Co., and The Upjohn Co. My thanks are due to the members of The Organizing Committee (Drs. Gregory J. Bagby, Gerald S. Berenson, Alastair H. Burns, Harvey I. Miller, Robert Roskoski, Jr., and Judy A. Spitzer) for their help and support, and to the Secretary of the Meeting, Ms. L. Beatrice Abene for her excellent assistance. John J. Spitzer, M.D.




Covid-19, An Issue of Cardiology Clinics, E-Book


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In this issue of Cardiology Clinics, guest editors Drs. Timothy D. Henry and Santiago Garcia bring their considerable expertise to the topic of COVID-19. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as prothrombotic effects of COVID-19; impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on acute myocardial infarction care; impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiac arrest and emergency care; vaccine-related cardiovascular effects; and more. - Contains 11 relevant, practice-oriented topics including cardiovascular manifestations of COVID-19; use and prognostic implications of cardiac biomarkers (Troponin); COVID-19: Insights from cardiac pathology; ACS in COVID-19; STEMI in COVID-19; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on COVID-19, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.