Within cardiology the field of sports cardiology has gradually increased in importance over the past 10 years. This is mainly due to the fact that the spectrum of issues relating to physical training in prevention and secondary prevention has expanded beyond classical cardiovascular rehabilitation. This spectrum affects above all adolescents and young adults with a manifest cardiac disease who want to continue being physically active and, in some cases strive for leisure and competitive sports.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAdditional treatment options for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are urgently needed, particularly for populations at high risk of severe disease. This cross-sectional, retrospective study characterized the outcomes of 43 patients with nosocomial severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection with and without treatment using monoclonal SARS-CoV-2 spike antibodies (bamlanivimab or casirivimab/imdevimab). Our results indicate that treatment with monoclonal antibodies results in a significant decrease in disease progression and mortality when used for asymptomatic patients with early SARS-CoV-2 infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA substantial part of COVID-19-patients suffers from multi-organ failure (MOF). We report on an 80-year old patient with pulmonary, renal, circulatory, and hepatic failure. We decided against the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) due to old age and a SOFA-score of 13.
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