ABSTRACT
Background: Coronavirus has been found to interact with and affect the cardiovascular system leading to myocardial damage and cardiac and endothelial dysfunction. Respiratory symptoms are worse in COVID-19 affected patients with pre-existing cardiac ailments;however, new-onset cardiac dysfunction is common in this subset. Most patients with COVID-19 have cardiac symptoms like chest pain, palpitations along respiratory symptoms. Methods: It is a single-centre observational study. This study was conducted in tertiary health care from May 2020 to December 2020(9 months) with COVID-19 infection having cardiac symptoms. The patient's clinical features, electrocardiogram (ECG), Echocardiography, cardiac biomarkers, haematological and biochemical parameters are studied in detail. Result: The mean age of the patients was 48±16 years. Male: Female ratio was 7:3. The percentage of onset of cardiac dysfunction was more in the less than 40year age group compared to other age groups. Nearly 46.7% of people have co-morbidities such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension and COPD. In the study population, elevated levels of biomarkers were noted. Abnormal electrocardiogram and echocardiogram was observed. The recovery rate from COVID-19 with cardiac manifestation was observed to be 76.7% in our study population. Conclusion: Cardiac injury is a common condition among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, and it is associated with a higher risk of in-hospital mortality. A combined evaluation of cardiac biomarkers with ECG and ECHO findings is likely to give a better picture of the severity of cardiac function in newly onset of cardiac dysfunction due to COVID-19 infection for better management and prognosis. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research (Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research) is the property of Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)