• Filter By:
• Specialty
• Source
• Condition
• Cancer
• Infectious Disease
• Drug
• Training
• Management
• Procedure
• Therapy
• Vaccine
• Nutrition
• Country

Implications of atrial fibrillation on the clinical course and outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients: results of the Cardio-COVID-Italy multicentre study
ConclusionAmong hospitalized patients with COVID-19, a history of AF contributes to worse clinical course with a higher mortality and in-hospital events including new-onset AF, acute HF, and multiorgan failure. The mortality risk remains significant after adjustment for variables associated with COVID-19 severity and comorbidities.
Source: Europace - July 23, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Effect of anticoagulant therapy in COVID-19 patients
CONCLUSION: Analysis of the literature showed that there was insufficient evidence to answer our objective on the effect of anticoagulation on outcome in COVID-19 patients, especially due to the low scientific quality of the described studies. Randomised controlled studies are needed to answer this question.PMID:33861430 | DOI:10.1007/s12471-021-01574-7
Source: Netherlands Heart Journal - April 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: R G Tieleman F A Klok E Belfroid J Hoogervorst-Schilp I Schalkers C W Jansen H J Siebelink Source Type: research

Caring for acute coronary syndrome and other time-sensitive medical emergencies during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in Northern Italy: report from a hub centre.
CONCLUSIONS: Re-organization of a hospital in order to adopt a hub-and-spoke model resulted feasible and allowed to face acute coronary syndrome and other time-sensitive medical emergencies timely and safely. PMID: 33258565 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Minerva Cardioangiologica - December 3, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: Minerva Cardioangiol Source Type: research