Introduction COVID-19, an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, was first detected in 2019 and eventually spread globally, reaching pandemic levels in 2020. COVID-19 has serious long-term effects on the cardiovascular system, and patients with cardiovascular disease are more likely to suffer complications due to COVID-19-based hospitalization. Heart failure patients show the highest mortality risk upon COVID-19 hospitalization.
Thus, COVID-19 infection can have long-term effects on the body. Realizing the implications of COVID-19 on the cardiovascular system, a two-part document was released by the Task Force for the management of COVID-19 of the European Society of Cardiology to help clinicians with the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in association with COVID-19. Part 1 focused on the pathophysiology, epidemiology, and diagnosis of cardiovascular…
