Cardiovascular Complications of COVID-19: Risk, Pathogenesis and Outcomes

Description:

This book discusses the evidence behind the relationship between COVID-19 and heart disease based on emerging state-of-the-art data. The rapid and unexpected global spread of the COVID-19 has revealed proportional levels of cardiovascular and metabolic complications. A myriad of pathogenetic mechanisms has come to the surface. There is still much research required to define whether cardiovascular disease causes COVID-19 complications or that cardiovascular disease appears as a result of the infection and which mechanisms are responsible. With cardiovascular and metabolic diseases already at pandemic levels and expected to increase further, this book provides readers with an urgent and thorough analysis of this association. Cardiovascular Complications of COVID-19: Risk, Pathogenesis and Outcomes provides answers to the increasing numbers of questions related to heart disease in COVID-19, highlighting the association between these pandemics and including risk factors, mechanisms and how these may impact diverse patients populations. It describes how COVID-19 impacts older patients and those with metabolic illnesses such as obesity and diabetes mellitus, while providing an overview of the observed gender dichotomy among patients. It therefore represents an essential resource not only for all cardiovascular physicians but also for any healthcare professionals managing patients with these diseases or those exploring COVID-19.

Table of Contents:

1. The Epidemiology of CoViD19 and Cardiovascular Diseases

2. Virology of CoViD19

3. An Introduction to the Clinical and Diagnostic Features, and CoViD19 Complications

4. The Pathological Features of CoViD19 Cardiovascular Complications

5. Treatment Options in CoViD19

6. An Introduction to the Pathogenetic Mechanisms of CoViD19 Complications

7. Overview of Cytokines and CoViD19

8. The Renin-Angiotensin System in COVID19

9. Thrombosis in CoViD19

10. Pathogenesis of CoViD19—Miscellaneous Mechanisms

11. Myocardial Injury in CoViD19

12. Heart Failure in CoViD19

13. Hypertension in CoViD19

14. Cardiac Arrhythmias in CoViD19

15. Acute Coronary Syndromes in CoViD19

16. Diabetes Mellitus and COVID19

17. Obesity and COVID19

18. The Older Age Adults and COVID19

19. Gender Dispa rity in CoViD19

20. An Overview of Quality of Research in COVID19