Issue 12/2020
Special Issue: COVID-19
Content (32 Articles)
Scientific publication activity during COVID-19 shutdown
Michael Böhm, Sebastian Ewen, Armin Schweitzer, Hugo Katus
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its implications for cardiovascular care: expert document from the German Cardiac Society and the World Heart Federation
Michael Böhm, Norbert Frey, Evangelos Giannitsis, Karen Sliwa, Andreas M. Zeiher
Interplay of COVID-19 and cardiovascular diseases in Africa: an observational snapshot
Graham Chakafana, Daniel Mutithu, Julian Hoevelmann, Ntobeko Ntusi, Karen Sliwa
Capacity changes in German certified chest pain units during COVID-19 outbreak response
Stephan Settelmeier, Tienush Rassaf, Evangelos Giannitsis, Thomas Münzel, Frank Breuckmann
31 days of COVID-19—cardiac events during restriction of public life—a comparative study
Manuel Rattka, Michael Baumhardt, Jens Dreyhaupt, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Kevin Thiessen, Sinisa Markovic, Wolfgang Rottbauer, Armin Imhof
The mystery of “missing” visits in an emergency cardiology department, in the era of COVID-19.; a time-series analysis in a tertiary Greek General Hospital
Konstantinos Tsioufis, Christina Chrysohoou, Maria Kariori, Ioannis Leontsinis, Ioannis Dalakouras, Angelos Papanikolaou, Georgios Charalambus, Helen Sambatakou, Gerasimos Siasos, Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Dimitrios Tousoulis
Correction to: The mystery of “missing” visits in an emergency cardiology department, in the era of COVID-19.; a time-series analysis in a tertiary Greek General Hospital
Konstantinos Tsioufis, Christina Chrysohoou, Maria Kariori, Ioannis Leontsinis, Ioannis Dalakouras, Angelos Papanikolaou, Georgios Charalambus, Helen Sambatakou, Gerasimos Siasos, Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Dimitrios Tousoulis
Impaired cardiac function is associated with mortality in patients with acute COVID-19 infection
Dominik Rath, Álvaro Petersen-Uribe, Alban Avdiu, Katja Witzel, Philippa Jaeger, Monika Zdanyte, David Heinzmann, Elli Tavlaki, Karin Müller, Meinrad Paul Gawaz
Decline of emergency admissions for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events after the outbreak of COVID-19
Viktoria Schwarz, Felix Mahfoud, Lucas Lauder, Wolfgang Reith, Stefanie Behnke, Sigrun Smola, Jürgen Rissland, Thorsten Pfuhl, Bruno Scheller, Michael Böhm, Sebastian Ewen
Off-the-shelf barrier for emergency intubation in the cardiac catheterization laboratory during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
Bruno Scheller, Davor Vukadinovic, Sebastian Ewen, Felix Mahfoud
Correction to: Off‑the‑shelf barrier for emergency intubation in the cardiac catheterization laboratory during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) pandemic
Bruno Scheller, Davor Vukadinovic, Andreas Link, Sebastian Ewen, Felix Mahfoud
Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on regional STEMI care in Germany
Karl Heinrich Scholz, Björn Lengenfelder, Christian Thilo, Andreas Jeron, Stefan Stefanow, Uwe Janssens, Johann Bauersachs, P. Christian Schulze, Klaus Dieter Winter, Jörg Schröder, Jürgen vom Dahl, Nicolas von Beckerath, Karlheinz Seidl, Tim Friede, Thomas Meyer
Effects of surgical and FFP2/N95 face masks on cardiopulmonary exercise capacity
Sven Fikenzer, T. Uhe, D. Lavall, U. Rudolph, R. Falz, M. Busse, P. Hepp, U. Laufs
COVID-19 among heart transplant recipients in Germany: a multicenter survey
Rasmus Rivinius, Ziya Kaya, René Schramm, Udo Boeken, Zdenek Provaznik, Christian Heim, Christoph Knosalla, Felix Schoenrath, Andreas Rieth, Michael Berchtold-Herz, Markus J. Barten, Dominic Rauschning, Victoria T. Mücke, Stephan Heyl, Rudin Pistulli, Carola Grinninger, Christian Hagl, Jan F. Gummert, Gregor Warnecke, P. Christian Schulze, Hugo A. Katus, Michael M. Kreusser, Philip W. Raake
Temporal trends in the presentation of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular emergencies during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: an analysis of health insurance claims
Moritz Seiffert, Fabian J. Brunner, Marko Remmel, Götz Thomalla, Ursula Marschall, Helmut L’Hoest, Laura Acar, Eike S. Debus, Stefan Blankenberg, Christian Gerloff, Christian-Alexander Behrendt
Echocardiographic characteristics of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection
Stephan Stöbe, Sarah Richter, Markus Seige, Sebastian Stehr, Ulrich Laufs, Andreas Hagendorff
COVID-19 sends STEMI to quarantine!?
Seifollah Abdi, Mojtaba Salarifar, Seyedeh Hamideh Mortazavi, Parham Sadeghipour, Babak Geraiely
A SARS-Cov2-negative corona victim
Florian Custodis, Konrad Schwarzkopf, Rosemarie Weimann, Elmar Spüntrup, Michael Böhm, Ulrich Laufs
Disturbing effect of lockdown for COVID-19 on the incidence of infective endocarditis: a word of caution
Guy Van Camp, Hans De Beenhouwer, Monika Beles, Carlos Collet, Riwa Nasser, Dan Schelfaut, Martin Penicka
Reduction in cardiovascular emergency admissions in Monaco during the COVID-19 pandemic
Bogdan Enache, Yann-Erick Claessens, Fabrice Boulay, Vincent Dor, Armand Eker, Filippo Civaia, Atul Pathak
Response to paper by Tsioufis et al.
Casril Liebert, Roshan Patel, Ali Kirresh, Mahmood Ahmad
Unveiling the mystery of “missing” emergencies in the era of COVID-19 pandemic: a generalized phenomenon with unclarified implications
Konstantinos Tsioufis, Christina Chrysohoou, Ioannis Leontsinis, Dimitrios Tousoulis
Identifying very low-risk STEMI patients for early ICU discharge in the COVID-19 era
Omar Abdul-Jawad Altisent, Xavier Carrillo, Rishi Puri, Antoni Bayés-Genís
Collateral damage of COVID-19-lockdown in Germany: decline of NSTE-ACS admissions
A. K. Gitt, A. K. Karcher, R. Zahn, U. Zeymer
Collateral damage: Fear from SARS-CoV2-infection causing Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
Tobias Uhe, Andreas Hagendorff, Rolf Wachter, Ulrich Laufs
Impact of wearing a facial covering on aerobic exercise capacity in the COVID-19 era: is it more than a feeling?
Matthew Kampert, Tamanna Singh, J. Emanuel Finet, Erik H. Van Iterson
Response to the letter to the editor by Kampert et al. entitled “Impact of wearing a facial covering on aerobic exercise capacity in the COVID-19 Era: is it more than a feeling?”
Sven Fikenzer, T. Uhe, D. Lavall, U. Rudolph, R. Falz, M. Busse, P. Hepp, U. Laufs
Letter to the editors referring to Fikenzer, S., Uhe, T., Lavall, D., Rudolph, U., Falz, R., Busse, M., Hepp, P., & Laufs, U. (2020). Effects of surgical and FFP2/N95 face masks on cardiopulmonary exercise capacity. Clinical Research in Cardiology
Raluca Petru, Uta Ochmann, Dennis Nowak
Response to Letter to the editors referring to Fikenzer, S., Uhe, T., Lavall, D., Rudolph, U., Falz, R., Busse, M., Hepp, P., & Laufs, U. (2020). Effects of surgical and FFP2/N95 face masks on cardiopulmonary exercise capacity. Clinical research in cardiology: official journal of the German Cardiac Society, 1–9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-020-01704-y
Sven Fikenzer, Ulrich Laufs
Outcomes of acute coronary syndromes in coronavirus disease 2019
Victoria L. Cammann, Konrad A. Szawan, Fabrizio D’Ascenzo, Sebastiano Gili, Sara Dreiding, Michael Würdinger, Robert Manka, Barbara E. Stähli, Erik W. Holy, Patrick Siegrist, Philipp Jakob, Philippe Meyer, Mario Iannaccone, Emanuela Di Simone, Gioel Gabrio Secco, Matteo Saccocci, Luca Bettari, Alfonso Ielasi, Maurizio Tespili, Giorgio Quadri, Ferdinando Varbella, Sergio Raposeiras-Roubin, Emad Abu-Assi, Massimo Mancone, Gennaro Sardella, Fabio Infusino, Francesco Fedele, Giuseppe Patti, Marco Mennuni, Andrea Rognoni, Mario Bollati, Luca Olivotti, Stefano Cordone, Stefano Carugo, Lucia Barbieri, Luca Gaido, Massimo Giammaria, Alfonso Gambino, Maurizio D’Amico, Alessandro Galluzzo, Fabrizio Ugo, Daniela Trabattoni, Ovidio De Filippo, Gaetano Maria De Ferrari, Carmine Vecchione, Rodolfo Citro, Jelena R. Ghadri, Christian Templin
Effects of surgical and FFP2/N95 face masks on cardiopulmonary exercise capacity: the numbers do not add up
Susan R. Hopkins, Michael K. Stickland, Robert B. Schoene, Erik R. Swenson, Andrew M. Luks
Response to Letter to the editors of Hopkins et al.: Effects of surgical and FFP2/N95 face masks on cardiopulmonary exercise capacity: the numbers do not add up
Sven Fikenzer, Ulrich Laufs