Author: International Journal Of Cardiovascular Sciences

Working in a hospital during a pandemic of a highly contagious disease, such as COVID-19, reminds healthcare workers of the need to reinforce all safety measures inside a cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL). That is because, in addition to the cardiovascular alterations due to COVID-19, patients with cardiovascular diseases, such as acute myocardial infarction and advanced structural diseases, continue to require interventional procedures. Image: @visuals. … Read More →

Government measures that restrict people at home during the COVID-19 pandemic do not need to encourage the wider spread of the sedentarism pandemic. Exercise can fight both public health problems, as long as it is adequately prescribed. Maintaining regular physical activity at home is pivotal for healthy living during and after the COVID-19 global crisis. Image: Jonathan Borba. … Read More →

Current evidence suggests that remote cardiac rehabilitation programs must be implemented during the pandemic, since the risks of sedentary behavior outweigh the risks of well-planned programs. Image: visuals. … Read More →

In the past, news was produced and distributed by a few organizations or private companies, but today, in the Internet and social media age, anyone can broadcast news online. Fake news is better defined as deliberate false information spread via social or conventional media. Fake medical news can mislead in order to damage an organization and/or a person. Another problematic consequence of a fake medical report is to make profits with some specific food, supplement or treatment. Available in English. … Read More →

When approaching patients with COVID-19, cardiologists should be alert to new clinical manifestations, such as arrhythmias, left ventricular dysfunction and systemic embolism, which might be related to that condition, since there is much that is still unknown about it. … Read More →