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Editor, Senior Moderator
Nat Rev Cardiol
. 2021 Oct 22;1-10.
doi: 10.1038/s41569-021-00631-3. Online ahead of print.
Cardiac involvement in the long-term implications of COVID-19
Benjamin A Satterfield[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Deepak L Bhatt[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Bernard J Gersh[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Throughout 2021, the medical and scientific communities have focused on managing the acute morbidity and mortality caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. With the approval of multiple vaccines, there is a light at the end of this dark tunnel and an opportunity to focus on the future, including managing the long-term sequelae in patients who have survived acute COVID-19. In this Perspectives article, we highlight what is known about the cardiovascular sequelae in survivors of COVID-19 and discuss important questions that need to be addressed in prospective studies to understand and mitigate these lasting cardiovascular consequences, including in post-acute COVID-19 syndrome. To provide the greatest benefit to these survivors, prospective studies should begin now, with resources made available to monitor and study this population in the coming years.
. 2021 Oct 22;1-10.
doi: 10.1038/s41569-021-00631-3. Online ahead of print.
Cardiac involvement in the long-term implications of COVID-19
Benjamin A Satterfield[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Deepak L Bhatt[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Bernard J Gersh[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34686843
- PMCID: PMC8532434
- DOI: 10.1038/s41569-021-00631-3
Abstract
Throughout 2021, the medical and scientific communities have focused on managing the acute morbidity and mortality caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. With the approval of multiple vaccines, there is a light at the end of this dark tunnel and an opportunity to focus on the future, including managing the long-term sequelae in patients who have survived acute COVID-19. In this Perspectives article, we highlight what is known about the cardiovascular sequelae in survivors of COVID-19 and discuss important questions that need to be addressed in prospective studies to understand and mitigate these lasting cardiovascular consequences, including in post-acute COVID-19 syndrome. To provide the greatest benefit to these survivors, prospective studies should begin now, with resources made available to monitor and study this population in the coming years.