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Editor, Senior Moderator
Cureus
. 2021 Jan 19;13(1):e12783.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.12783.
Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Outcomes in Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2
Diana Espinoza[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Manasa Jasti[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Umme Haani Malwi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Christine Junia[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Cardiovascular involvement is one of the end-organ complications commonly reported in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). It has also been postulated to be an independent risk factor for increased mortality in COVID-19-infected patients. With such a significant effect of COVID-19 on the cardiovascular system and vice versa, it is pivotal for physicians to observe this association closely for improving management and understanding prognosis in these patients. Here, we present three patients and describe their baseline cardiac risk factors, the cardiac complications they developed in association with COVID-19 infection, and their varying outcomes.
Keywords: cardiac compromise; cardiovascular; chest pain; covid-19; inflammation; mortality; myocarditis; risk factors; syncope; troponin.
. 2021 Jan 19;13(1):e12783.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.12783.
Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Outcomes in Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2
Diana Espinoza[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Manasa Jasti[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Umme Haani Malwi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Christine Junia[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33628655
- PMCID: PMC7891800
- DOI: 10.7759/cureus.12783
Abstract
Cardiovascular involvement is one of the end-organ complications commonly reported in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). It has also been postulated to be an independent risk factor for increased mortality in COVID-19-infected patients. With such a significant effect of COVID-19 on the cardiovascular system and vice versa, it is pivotal for physicians to observe this association closely for improving management and understanding prognosis in these patients. Here, we present three patients and describe their baseline cardiac risk factors, the cardiac complications they developed in association with COVID-19 infection, and their varying outcomes.
Keywords: cardiac compromise; cardiovascular; chest pain; covid-19; inflammation; mortality; myocarditis; risk factors; syncope; troponin.