23: COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Disease

“We are at war with a pandemic and the enemy is not each other, it’s the virus.”

In this latest episode, Ankur Kalra, MD meets with Andrew Sauer, MD, co-author of upcoming paper in US Cardiology Review on COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Disease that provides a concise and current summary of cardiovascular complications from COVID-19.

Hear them discuss the latest issues surrounding the pandemic, the known cardiac implications and the rapidly emerging data.

Submit your question to Ankur via: [email protected]. Hosted by @AnkurKalraMD. Produced by @RadcliffeCARDIO.

What to listen for:

In this episode they discuss:

[00.00] Introductions

[05.55] The importance of lessons learned from other countries and the importance of social distancing

[09.25] Troponin elevation in COVID-19 positive patients

[13.15] Receptor mechanisms and treating COVID-19 patients with hypertension

[19.19] Cardiac arrhythmia mechanisms in COVID-19 patients

[23.00] Fulminant myocarditis, congestive heart failure and BNP in COVID-19 patients

[26.47] Treatments and risks: antiviral therapy, infection markers, complications

[28.59] HCPs, PPE and the importance of social distancing

[32.52] Antimalarial drugs in treating COVID-19 patients

[34.54] Transplant patients, donors and testing for COVID-19

[39.35] The importance of surveillance biopsies

[42.18] Pressure rooms for at-risk patients

[45.05] Closing remarks