Covid-19?s Consequences on the Cardiovascular System : Immediate, Intermediate, and Long-term Complications

Scientific evidence demonstrates that while COVID-19 primarily affects the lungs, it also affects multiple organs, particularly the cardiovascular system; its most common complications are arrhythmia, cardiac injury, fulminant myocarditis, heart failure, and pulmonary embolism. COVID-19’s Consequences on the Cardiovascular System: Immediate, Intermediate, and Long-Term Complications covers all aspects related to 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 healthcare professionals and researchers who require a comprehensive view of the deleterious effects of COVID-19 on the cardiovascular system. It discusses the relationship of cardiovascular risk factors with COVID-19 prognosis. It offers further insights into the biomarkers that currently make it possible to predict and monitor the evolution of the disease at the cardiovascular level.

• 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.

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.

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.