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. 2020 May 15;20(3):262-265.
doi: 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0158.

SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the cardiovascular system: What the non-cardiologist needs to know

Gershan K Davis  1 , Ahmed Adlan  2 , Jacek Majewski  3 , Bassem Ibrahim  4
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SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the cardiovascular system: What the non-cardiologist needs to know

Gershan K Davis et al. Clin Med (Lond). .

Abstract

There has been the need to make major modifications to the way cardiology is practised in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. There has also been the need to recognise the complex cardiovascular manifestations and complications of COVID-19. In this article we provide guidance on the management of cardiac patients without COVID-19 in the current pandemic as well as patients with cardiac disease and COVID-19 and patients with cardiac complications of COVID-19. There is also a focus on indications and interpretation of commonly performed cardiac investigations in the setting of COVID-19. References are included from a number of specialist societies and groups.

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; arrhythmias; chest infection; heart.

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