COVID-19

In an expert interview, Dr Alex Spyropoulos, who designed and led this study, discusses the study aims, design and findings, which have led to a paradigm shift in the care of high-risk hospitalized patients with COVID-19.

Trudie Lobban MBE (CEO and Trustee, A-A, AF Association & STARS) talks about the impact of COVID-19 on AF detection in the community, and the importance of seeking advice for people who notice an irregular heartbeat.

We spoke to Dr Suneet Mittal (Director of Electrophysiology, The Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, NJ, USA) about the workflow innovations for atrial fibrillation ablation in the post-COVID-19 environment

Federico Asch (MedStar Health Research Institute, Columbia, MD, USA) discusses the findings of the WASE COVID study, presented at ACC 2021. The study compared AI software-based echocardiography analysis with manual expert analysis to predict mortality based on longitudinal strain and LVEF.

European Journal of Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology. 2021;7(1):33-39 DOI: https://doi.org/10.17925/EJAE.2021.7.1.33

Dr Ali Aminian(Director, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA) kindly shared his thoughts on the association between obesity and COVID-19 and the results of his study on the association of prior metabolic surgery and bariatric surgery with COVID-19 severity from the virtual ESC Congress 2021.

Dr Darryl Leong (Cardiologist, The Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada) kindly shared his thoughts on the association between cardiometabolic risk factors and COVID-19 outcomes from the virtual ESC Congress 2021.

touchCARDIOLOGY speaks to Dr Gustavo Samaja (Chief of Interventional Cardiology, Policlinico Bancario Argentina) to find out how the government are managing the spread of the COVID-19 virus in Argentina and the effect the pandemic has had on cardiologists, treatment plans and clinical practice

Heart International. 2020;14(1):16–9 DOI: https://doi.org/10.17925/HI.2020.14.1.16.

Heart International. 2020;14(1):16–9 DOI: https://doi.org/10.17925/HI.2020.14.1.16

European Journal of Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology. 2020;6(Suppl. 1):abstr12  

European Journal of Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology. 2020;6(Suppl. 1):abstr11