Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (Dec 2021)

Promoting a Syndemic Approach for Cardiometabolic Disease Management During COVID-19: The CAPISCO International Expert Panel

  • Wael Al Mahmeed,
  • Khalid Al-Rasadi,
  • Yajnavalka Banerjee,
  • Antonio Ceriello,
  • Francesco Cosentino,
  • Massimo Galia,
  • Su-Yen Goh,
  • Peter Kempler,
  • Nader Lessan,
  • Nikolaos Papanas,
  • Ali A. Rizvi,
  • Ali A. Rizvi,
  • Raul D. Santos,
  • Raul D. Santos,
  • Anca P. Stoian,
  • Peter P. Toth,
  • Manfredi Rizzo,
  • Manfredi Rizzo,
  • Manfredi Rizzo,
  • The CArdiometabolic Panel of International experts on Syndemic COvid-19 (CAPISCO)

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2021.787761
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8

Abstract

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Efforts in the fight against COVID-19 are achieving success in many parts of the world, although progress remains slow in other regions. We believe that a syndemic approach needs to be adopted to address this pandemic given the strong apparent interplay between COVID-19, its related complications, and the socio-structural environment. We have assembled an international, multidisciplinary group of researchers and clinical practitioners to promote a novel syndemic approach to COVID-19: the CArdiometabolic Panel of International experts on Syndemic COvid-19 (CAPISCO). This geographically diverse group aims to facilitate collaborative-networking and scientific exchanges between researchers and clinicians facing a multitude of challenges on different continents during the pandemic. In the present article we present our “manifesto”, with the intent to provide evidence-based guidance to the global medical and scientific community for better management of patients both during and after the current pandemic.

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