What Do We Know About Long COVID: A Cardiovascular Focus
Drs Bob Harrington and Betty Raman discuss the cardiovascular impact and long-term sequelae of COVID-19, the potential biology behind multisystem effects, and ongoing research. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a transcript or to comment, visit https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Medium-term Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Infection on Multiple Vital Organs, Exercise Capacity, Cognition, Quality of Life and Mental Health, Post-Hospital Discharge https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100683 Prevalence and Impact of Myocardial Injury in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Infection https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.jacc.2020.06.007 Outcomes Among Confirmed Cases and a Matched Comparison Group in the Long-COVID in Scotland Study https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33415-5 Long COVID: Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 With a Cardiovascular Focus https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac031 Cardiovascular Disease and COVID-19: A Consensus Paper From the ESC Working Group on Coronary Pathophysiology & Microcirculation, ESC Working Group on Thrombosis and the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care (ACVC), in Collaboration With the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvab298 Infection of Brain Pericytes Underlying Neuropathology of COVID-19 Patients https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms222111622 COVID-19 and Fat Embolism: A Hypothesis to Explain the Severe Clinical Outcome in people With Obesity https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32514077 Association Between Epstein-Barr-Virus Reactivation and Development of Long-COVID Fatigue https://doi.org/10.1111/all.15471 Activation or Exhaustion of CD8+ T Cells in Patients With COVID-19 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41423-021-00750-4 Skeletal Muscle Alterations in Patients With Acute COVID-19 and Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12896 Gut Microbiota Dynamics in a Prospective Cohort of Patients With Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2021-325989 COVID-Vaccine Myocarditis: Rare, Mild, and Usually a Guy Thing https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/966244 Myocardial Injury Pattern at MRI in COVID-19 Vaccine–Associated Myocarditis https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.212559 Could Perturbation of Gut Microbiota Possibly Exacerbate the Severity of COVID-19 via Cytokine Storm? https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.607734 Myocarditis Associated With COVID-19 Vaccination https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.121.013236 COVID and the Athlete's Heart https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/945282 COVID-19 and the Heart: Is Cardiology Ready? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/969206 Lung Abnormalities Depicted With Hyperpolarized Xenon MRI in Patients With Long COVID https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.220069 Long COVID Resource Center https://www.medscape.com/resource/long-covid You may also like: Medscape editor-in-chief Eric Topol, MD, and master storyteller and clinician Abraham Verghese, MD, on Medicine and the Machine. Hear John Mandrola, MD's, summary and perspective on the top cardiology news each week on This Week in Cardiology. Questions or feedback, please contact news@medscape.net