COVID-19's Consequences on the Cardiovascular System. Immediate, Intermediate, and Long-Term Complications

Table of Contents

1. The pathophysiology of COVID-19 and the cardiovascular system
Nazifa Ahsan, Michael O. Adesida, Noorulain Memon and Thomas Obemaier
2. Cardiovascular comorbidities and COVID-19 outcomes
Fabian Sanchis-Gomar, Giuseppe Lippi, Carl J. Lavie and Carme Perez-Quilis
3. Prognostic role of troponins and other cardiac-related biomarkers in COVID-19
Sundas Butt, Sennia Ahmed and Varun Sarodaya
4. Cardiovascular medications and its relations with COVID-19 survival
Sundas Butt, Yasmin Bayatpoor, Meera Shankar, Bea Duric, Samina Alim and Dania Nasr
5. Imaging in COVID-19 era
Marco Shiu Tsun Leung, Zahra Anam, Kayal Abraham, Vedantashankar Sean Sarma and Hayder Jalil Hamadah Al-Assam
6. Long-term impact of COVID-19 on the cardiovascular system
Carme Perez-Quilis, Fabian Sanchis-Gomar, Francois Haddad, Carl J. Lavie and Giuseppe Lippi
7. Pericardial and myocardial manifestations of COVID-19
Prerana Bhandari, Sugeevan Savarimuthu, Tharun Rajasekar, Ganeshkumar Premkumar and Thomas Theologou
8. The thromboembolic effect of COVID-19
Giuseppe Lippi and Brandon M. Henry
9. COVID-19 and platelets: An enigmatic relationship
Giuseppe Lippi and Fabian Sanchis-Gomar
10. Cardiology service and COVID-19: The international impact
Sana Adam, Eyas Abuelgasim and Arjun Ahluwalia
11. Cardiovascular surgery services during COVID-19 pandemic
Clarissa Rowe, Summayah Beg, Amer Harky and Sundas Butt
12. Cardiac arrhythmia and sudden death in relation to COVID-19
Alex Aspinall, Iqra Ahmed, Jebrail Merza and Roshni S.K. Patel
13. Heart failure and acute coronary syndrome with COVID-19
Yi Zhang, Elmahdi Darbi, and Jun Heng Chong
14. Vascular and autoimmune diseases interaction with COVID-19
Manucios Marios Kurkulos, Prerona Mukherjee, Pranav Ramesh and Sahil Kakar
15. Safety of anti-COVID treatments on cardiovascular system
Rajan Singh Sondh, Priyanshu Saha, Maariyah Vanka and Yasmin Bayatpoor
16. Return to the competition for athletes after SARS-CoV-2 infection resolution from a cardiac perspective
Gian Luca Ragazzoni, Luna Cavigli and Flavio D’ascenzi
17. Multifactorial prevention and preparation for the next pandemic
Roshni S.K. Patel, Sakshi Roy, Vanessa Jane Chow and Arwa Khashkhusha
18. Conclusions and future perspectives
Fabian Sanchis-Gomar and Amer Harky

Authors

Fabian Sanchis-Gomar Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. Dr Sanchis-Gomar graduated in Medicine from the University of Valencia (Spain), where he also received his PhD degree. His main area of interest is exercise-induced damage such as myocardial fibrosis, inflammation, pathological remodeling, and arrhythmias as well as its implications in sudden cardiac death. During the COVID pandemic, Dr Sanchis-Gomar became an expert in COVID-19, with in-depth knowledge of the subject and actively involved in research. He is an authority in the field, being considered by expertscape among the top 20 experts in COVID-19 worldwide, and has published numerous articles in prestigious Journals, such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, JAMA Cardiology and others. Amer Harky Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom. Dr Harky is a cardiothoracic surgery specialty trainee at the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (United Kingdom). He has a special interest in COVID-19 related pathophysiology including cardiovascular manifestations as well as management strategies. He has published more than 70 articles in this regard and is considered by expertscape among the top 10 experts in this field within the academic world in England.