Assessment of Prolonged Physiological and Behavioral Changes Associated With COVID-19

Commented by Claudio López Bruzual, MD Photo: Everythingpossible / Freepik This follow-up study of respiratory infections based upon an application throws up revealing preliminary data on COVID-19 patients suffering from long-term symptoms. Doctors have observed that COVID-19 patients have long-term symptoms of autonomic dysfunction and heart insult up to 6 months from the onset of […]

Evaluation of the patient with Premature Ventricular Contractions

By Claudio López Bruzual MD Ipopba / Freepik What to do with those patients when we detect monomorphic Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVCs ) on the ECG? There are two reasons why patients with PVCs usually seek professional care: first, they have symptoms (irregular palpitations, presyncope, dyspnea or fatigue). The second is precisely the topic we […]

Association between the cardiac abnormalities in COVID-19 patients, and disease severity and mortality

Condensed and commented by Claudio López Bruzual MD Although many cases of COVID-19 are mild or asymptomatic, and most patients recover from the disease, cardiovascular, pulmonary, and neurological complications from COVID-19 infections have been reported that are not yet fully understood. Cardiac abnormalities, specifically, have been detected through the use of biomarkers and imaging in […]

LDL as a marker for controlling atherosclerosis

By Claudio López Bruzual, MD. Considering LDL (bad cholesterol) as a target marker for our efforts to control the atherosclerotic disease is already an old debate. In a new work of the Copenhagen General Population Study,13015 patients treated withstatins were followed. The purpose was to determine the residual risk of death from any cause, and […]

Congenital Heart Defect Management

   Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) is also known as Congenital Heart Disease (CHD). However, the American Heart Association considers the term “defect” more accurate. And it is indeed, since this kind of heart ailment occurs when the heart, or the blood vessels near it, do not develop normally before birth. Schiller wants to offer you […]