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Am J Cardiol . Relation of Cardiovascular Risk Factors to Mortality and Cardiovascular Events in Hospitalized Patients with Coronavirus Disease 201

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Am J Cardiol


. 2021 Feb 1;S0002-9149(21)00100-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.01.029. Online ahead of print.
Relation of Cardiovascular Risk Factors to Mortality and Cardiovascular Events in Hospitalized Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (From the Yale COVID-19 Cardiovascular Registry)


Manan Pareek[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Avinainder Singh[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Lina Vadlamani[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Maxwell Eder[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Justin Pacor[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jakob Park[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Zaniar Ghazizadeh[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Alex Heard[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ana Sofia Cruz-Solbes[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Roozbeh Nikooie[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Chad Gier[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Zain V Ahmed[SUP] 3 [/SUP], James V Freeman[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Judith Meadows[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Kim G E Smolderen[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Rachel Lampert[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Eric J Velazquez[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Tariq Ahmad[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Nihar R Desai[SUP] 3 [/SUP]



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Abstract

Individuals with established cardiovascular disease or a high burden of cardiovascular risk factors may be particularly vulnerable to develop complications from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We conducted a prospective cohort study at a tertiary care center to identify risk factors for in-hospital mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE; a composite of myocardial infarction, stroke, new acute decompensated heart failure, venous thromboembolism, ventricular or atrial arrhythmia, pericardial effusion, or aborted cardiac arrest) among consecutively hospitalized adults with COVID-19, using multivariable binary logistic regression analysis. The study population comprised 586 COVID-19 positive patients. Median age was 67 (IQR: 55-80) years, 47.4% were female, and 36.7% had cardiovascular disease. Considering risk factors, 60.2% had hypertension, 39.8% diabetes, and 38.6% hyperlipidemia. Eighty-two individuals (14.0%) died in-hospital, and 135 (23.0%) experienced MACE. In a model adjusted for demographic characteristics, clinical presentation, and laboratory findings, age (odds ratio [OR], 1.28 per 5 years; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.13-1.45), prior ventricular arrhythmia (OR, 18.97; 95% CI, 3.68-97.88), use of P2Y[SUB]12[/SUB]-inhibitors (OR, 7.91; 95% CI, 1.64-38.17), higher C-reactive protein (OR, 1.81: 95% CI, 1.18-2.78), lower albumin (OR, 0.64: 95% CI, 0.47-0.86), and higher troponin T (OR, 1.84; 95% CI, 1.39-2.46) were associated with mortality (p<0.05). After adjustment for demographics, presentation, and laboratory findings, predictors of MACE were higher respiratory rates, altered mental status, and laboratory abnormalities, including higher troponin T (p<0.05). In conclusion, poor prognostic markers among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 included older age, pre-existing cardiovascular disease, respiratory failure, altered mental status, and higher troponin T concentrations.

Keywords: Cardiovascular Diseases; Coronavirus; Mortality; Pandemics; Registries; Risk Factors.
 
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