Debra L. Beck and Eugene Braunwald, MD Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has resulted in considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide since December 2019. Understanding of the impact of pre-existing disease on COVID-19 and the impact of COVID-19 on cardiac health is limited. Shi et al conducted aMORE

Debra L. Beck and Eugene Braunwald, MD There is little information on the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on individuals with underlying cardiovascular disease (CVD). Guo et al conducted a retrospective, single-center case series to evaluate the association of underlying CVD and myocardial injury with fatal outcomes in patients with COVID-19. The researchers includedMORE

© 2020 Elsevier Inc. NOVEL CORONAVIRUS FROM WUHAN, CHINA 2019-2020 Update to Chapter 155: Coronaviruses, Including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett’s Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, Ninth Edition (Elsevier, 2020) Document Released: 02/3/2020 © 2020 Elsevier Inc. Writers: Raphael Dolin, MD, Stanley Perlman, MDDate:MORE

HOT OFF THE PRESS! Debra L. Beck and Eugene Braunwald, MD Date Published: 14 Feb 2020 In this review article, Brady and colleagues discussed the role of lay responders in the care of individuals with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Lay rescuers play an important role in the resuscitation of people with OHCA because they areMORE