Coronavirus (COVID-19)

This page contains medical information for clinicians on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19, also called 2019-nCoV, and now clinically SARS‐CoV‐2). This section includes articles that pertain to clinicians and cardiologists on the virus, new technologies being deployed to fight the virus and clinical information from various sources. Here are direct links for medical professionals to COVID-19 resources from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Daily world-wide statistics on the coronavirus outbreak are available from the WHO Situations Reports. Here is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) frequently asked questions and answers (FAQs) for healthcare providers regarding Medicare payment for laboratory tests and other services related to the COVID-19.

ACC23 Study Finds Long COVID More Than Doubles Risk of Developing New Cardiac Symptoms
March 3, 2023 — Experiencing lasting symptoms months after catching COVID-19, known as long COVID, was found to more than double a person’s likelihood of developing cardiovascular issues, according to ...
COVID-19 Vaccination Linked to Fewer Cardiac Events
February 21, 2023 — Analyzing the most extensive datasets in the United States, researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have revealed that vaccination against COVID-19 is ...
COVID-19 Vaccine for Children After MIS-C Appears Safe
January 6, 2023 — A study of children and adolescents who received a COVID-19 vaccination following multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) found that there were no reports of serious complications ...
DAIC's Top 20 from 2022
As 2022 comes to a close, the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology team takes a look at the year's most viewed content. Here is a rundown of what viewers found most intriguing in 2022: 1. What We ...