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Author(s): Sana Amraoui , Ghoufrane Tlili , Elif Hindié , et al Added: 3 years ago
With ageing of the general population and broadening indications, the number of pacemaker recipients is steadily increasing. The incidence of cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infection, a dreaded major complication, is also rising.1 The diagnosis is based on the presence of an abscessed pocket, cutaneous breakthrough of the pulse generator or vegetations attached to the pacemaker lead… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Author(s): Erkki Juhani Pesonen , Petru Liuba Added: 3 years ago
Mounting evidence suggests that atherosclerosis begins in early childhood,1,2 possibly already during foetal life.3 This underscores the importance of primary prevention in early life. As many people suffering from atherosclerotic disease lack conventional risk factors (e.g. heredity, dyslipidaemia, smoking, obesity, diabetes and hypertension), interest has gradually increased in research on 'non… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
The Renin–Angiotensin–Aldosterone System and Coronavirus Disease 2019
Author(s): Eliecer Coto , Pablo Avanzas , Juan Gómez Added: 3 years ago

COVID-19

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Cardiac Arrhythmias
Author(s): Antoni Martínez-Rubio , Soledad Ascoeta , Fadwa Taibi , et al Added: 3 years ago
In the last months of 2019 and the beginning of 2020, a novel disease appeared, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a very contagious virus, which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The clinical manifestations of this virus in humans vary widely from asymptomatic to severe, with diverse symptomatology and even death. The substantial transmission from… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia

COVID-19
Smoking Cessation as a Public Health Measure to Limit the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
Author(s): Maki Komiyama , Koji Hasegawa Added: 3 years ago
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) first occurred in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, and has already evolved into a rapidly expanding pandemic. The WHO has declared COVID-19, which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), to be a public health emergency of international concern.1 Until effective therapeutics and vaccines become available… View more

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COVID-19
Myocardial and Microvascular Injury Due to Coronavirus Disease 2019
Author(s): Rocco Antonio Montone , Giulia Iannaccone , Maria Chiara Meucci , et al Added: 3 years ago
In December 2019, several cases of interstitial pneumonia of unknown origin were detected in Wuhan, China, and on 9 January 2020, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was identified as the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Within a few weeks, the contagion spread through China and South Korea, and the outbreak rapidly extended worldwide due to… View more

COVID-19
Dilated Cardiomyopathy Risk in Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019: How to Identify and Characterise it Early?
Author(s): Maki Komiyama , Koji Hasegawa , Akira Matsumori Added: 3 years ago
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a public health emergency of international concern.1 The pandemic is ongoing, and the world is faced with the urgent task of minimising the mortality associated with COVID-19. Besides advanced age, risk factors for escalation of COVID-19 severity include underlying… View more

COVID-19
Response to the Comment ‘Smoking and Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitor/Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Cessation to Limit Coronavirus Disease 2019
Author(s): Marco Rossato , Angelo Di Vincenzo Added: 3 years ago
We read with interest the paper by Komiyama and Hasegawa on the need for smoking cessation as a public health measure to limit the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.1 It seems obvious to reiterate that smoking cessation is advisable to reduce many other severe conditions, such as chronic lung and cardiovascular diseases and some types of cancer, which are leading causes of morbidity… View more

COVID-19
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak Highlights the Importance of Sex-sensitive Medicine
Author(s): Angela Maas , Sabine Oertelt-Prigione Added: 3 years ago
While 2020 is only halfway through, we have already experienced a historical year in global healthcare with a high societal impact. When the first severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections were reported in China at the end of 2019, few people realised we would all be affected by a global pandemic several months later. Women are less susceptible than men to many… View more

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