text: Long COVID 19 A Primer for Cardiovascular Health Professionals on Behalf of the CCS Rapid Response Team It is now widely recognized that COVID 19 illness can be associated with significant intermediate and potentially longer term physical limitations The term long COVID 19 is used to define any patient with persistent symptoms after acute COVID 19 infection ie after 4 weeks It is postulated that cardiac injury might be linked to symptoms that persist after resolution of acute infection as part of this syndrome The Canadian Cardiovascular Society Rapid Response Team has generated this document to provide guidance to health care providers on the optimal management of patients with suspected cardiac complications of long COVID 19 