Review Article Cardiovascular complications of COVID-19 severe acute respiratory syndrome
American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease
; 12(4):170-191, 2022.
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in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-2057920
ABSTRACT
603,711,760 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported throughout the world and 6,484,136 individuals have died from complications of COVID-19 as of September 7, 2022. Significantly, the Omicron variant has produced the largest number of COVID-19 associated hospitalizations since the beginning of the pandemic. Cardiac injury occurs in ≥20% of the hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and is associated with cardiac dysrhythmias in 17 to 44%, cardiac injury with increases in blood troponin in 22 to 40%, myocarditis in 2 to 7%, heart failure in 4 to 21%, and thromboembolic events in 15 to 39%. Risk factors for cardiac complications include age >70 years, male sex, BMI ≥30 kg/m2, diabetes, pre-existing cardiovascular disease, and moderate to severe pneumonia at hospital presentation. Patients with prior cardiovascular disease who contract COVID-19 and experience a significant increase in their blood troponin concentration are at risk for mortality rates as high as 69%. This review focuses on the prevalence, the pathophysiologic mechanisms of CoV-2 injury to the cardiovascular system and the current recommended treatments in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in order that medical personnel can decrease the morbidity and mortality of patients with COVID-19 and effectively treat patients with Covid and post Covid syndrome.
adult; body mass; cardiovascular disease; cardiovascular system; complication; coronavirus disease 2019; cytokine storm; diabetes mellitus; heart arrhythmia; heart failure; heart infarction; heart injury; hospital patient; hospitalization; human; human tissue; long COVID; major clinical study; male; medical personnel; morbidity; mortality; mortality rate; myocarditis; nonhuman; pandemic; pneumonia; prevalence; protein blood level; review; risk factor; SARS-CoV-2 Omicron; severe acute respiratory syndrome; takotsubo cardiomyopathy; thromboembolism; thrombosis; antivirus agent; endogenous compound; troponin
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American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease
Year:
2022
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