Cardiovascular Complications of COVID-19

Prof. Maciej Banach was an Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland (2010-2012), and a President of the Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital - Research Institute (PMMHRI) (2014-2021). He is a Head of Cardiovascular Research Centre at University of Zielona Gora, full Professor of Cardiology at the Medical University of Lodz (MUL) and PMMHRI, Head of Department of Preventive Cardiology and Lipidology at the Medical University of Lodz (MUL), Poland.  He is a Secretary of the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) (2021-2024) and member of the Scientific and Health Policy Advisory Group of the FH Europe. He is a Founder and Head of the Polish Lipid Association (PoLA) (2011-) and Lodz Chapter of Polish Society of Hypertension (2009-). He is the founder of the Lipid and Blood Pressure Meta-analysis Collaboration (LBPMC) Group (2012-) – a group of over 150 worldwide experts aimed to investigatethe most important issues in the field of lipid disorders, hypertension, nutrition and cardiovascular risk, as well as the President of the International Lipid Expert Panel (ILEP; ilep.eu) (2015-), currently with >100 recognized worldwide experts, which has been founded to prepare recommendations in the area of preventive cardiology, atherosclerosis and natural products in the most debatable issues that have not been covered in the existing guidelines. He is also a member of the REPROGRAM and CAPISCO Consortia – a group of experts challenging with Covid-19 pandemic, member of 2 largest worldwide databases – the Global Burden of Disease (GDB) (IHME, University of Washington, Seattle, US) and Non-Communicable Diseases Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC, Imperial College of London, UK). He is also Founder and President of the foundation – Think-Tank “Innovation for Health”, which gathers six main health research institutes and over 40 medical business representatives in Poland with main aim to make innovations in the medical area in Poland. He is a Visiting Professor of University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes in Timisoara, Romania (2014-), and University of California, Irvine (UCI), CA, USA (2021-).  Prof. Banach has published over 1200 original articles, reviews, editorials, and book chapters in the field of hypertension, dyslipidemia, cardiology, and risk stratification. His combined IF (for only full-text manuscripts) is over 10,000 pts, number of citations: 45,364 (acc. Web of Science Core Collection/Publons), 51,348 (acc. SCOPUS), 61,108 (acc. ResearchGate), and 74,361 (acc. Google Scholar) with Hirsch’s Index = 80 (WoS/Publons), 81 (SCOPUS), 95 (ResearchGate) and 101 (i10-index: 634) (Google Scholar) – being within 1% the highest cited scientists in the world (in the research area of Clinical Medicine and Pharmacology and Toxicology) according to Essential Science Indicatorsby Clarivate (with 53 TOP Papers). Prof. Banach is also within top 5 worldwide experts according to ExpertScape in the field of statins (3), dyslipidemias (4), lipoproteins (4), HDL cholesterol (5) and LDL lipoproteins (5). He is also a 1% Top Reviewer in the areas of Clinical Medicine and Cross-Field (in 2018 and 2019) by Publons/Clarivate and Publons Academy Mentor.

• ​Part I: Introduction.- Biology of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus; origin, structure, and variants.- Epidemiology of COVID-19.- Clinical symptoms and course of COVID-19.- Risk factors of developing COVID-19 and its severe course.- Prognosis in COVID-19 patients - statistics, risk factors.- Part II: Cardiovascular Implications of the Acute Phase of COVID-19.- Myocardial injury in COVID-19 (epidemiology, influence on prognosis, pathogenesis, treatment).- Acute coronary syndrome – destabilization of atherosclerotic plaque in COVID-19 (epidemiology, influence on prognosis, pathogen-esis and treatment).- Acute Vascular Injury in COVID-19.- Heart failure and acute circulatory failure in COVID-19 (epidemiology, influence on prognosis, pathogenesis, treatment) .- Cardiomyopathy in COVID-19 (epidemiology, influence on prognosis, pathogenesis, treatment).- Arrhythmias in COVID-19.- Thromboembolic events in COVID-19 .- Stroke in COVID-19.- Pulmonary embolism after COVID-19 (epidemiology, influence on prognosis, pathogenesis, treatment).- Interaction of anti-COVID-19 drugs with cardiovascular therapy.- Part III: Influence of the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases on the Course of COVID-19.- Beyond the vaccines-Bioactive lipids in COVID-19.- Statins and COVID-19 (mechanism of action, effect on prognosis).- Covid-19 And Antihypertensive Treatment.- Colchicine in COVID-19 (mechanism of action, effect on prognosis).- Antiplatelet drugs in COVID-19: mechanism of action and effect on prognosis.- Antidiabetic drugs in COVID-19.- Part IV: Cardiovascular Complications of Long-COVID-19.- Long COVID-19 - Definition, Epidemiology, and Clinical Implications.- Cardiovascular complications of long COVID-19 - prevalence, diagnosis and risk factors.- Cardiovascular complications of Long-COVID – management.- Part V The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the e-services and digital tools development in medicine.- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on e-services and digital tools development in medicine.