One-Year Risk of Myocarditis After COVID-19 Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Can J Cardiol
; 39(6): 839-844, 2023 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2246851
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Acute myocarditis has been described as a relatively rare cardiovascular complication of COVID-19 infection. However, data regarding the risk of myocarditis during the post-acute phase of COVID-19 are scant. We assess the risk of incident myocarditis in COVID-19 survivors within 1 year from the index infection by a systematic review and meta-analysis of the available data.METHODS:
Data were obtained by searching Medline and Scopus for all studies published at any time up to September 1, 2022, and reporting the long-term risk of incident myocarditis in COVID-19 survivors. Myocarditis risk data were pooled using the Mantel-Haenszel random-effects models with hazard ratio (HR) as the effect measure with 95% confidence interval (CI). Heterogeneity among studies was assessed using the Higgins-Thompson I2 statistic.RESULTS:
Overall, 20,875,843 patients (mean age 56.1 years, 59.1% male) were included in this analysis. Of them, 1,245,167 experienced (and survived) COVID-19 infection. Over a mean follow-up of 9.5 months, myocarditis occurred to 0.21 (95% CI 0.13-0.42) out of 1000 patients survived to COVID-19 infection compared with 0.09 [95% CI 0.07-0.12) out of 1000 control subjects. Pooled analysis revealed that recovered COVID-19 patients presented an increased risk of incident myocarditis (HR 5.16, 95% CI 3.87-6.89; P < 0.0001; I2 = 7.9%) within 1 year from the index infection. The sensitivity analysis confirmed yielded results.CONCLUSIONS:
Our findings suggest that myocarditis represents a relatively rare but important post-acute COVID-19 sequelae.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Heart Diseases
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Myocarditis
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
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Reviews
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Can J Cardiol
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
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